An 1877 Victorian Royal Artillery Institution Gold Medal To Major W. Kemmis Archive in well-worn condition

in well-worn condition

with Metal Skulls (zinc)

embossed coat-of-arms

The two men in question were wounded by the same shell which killed Lieut

The order was created by Cosimo I de' Medici

An 1877 Victorian Royal Artillery Institution Gold Medal To Major W. Kemmis Archive in well-worn conditionStruck in soild gold obverse Britannia seated on a lion, above, Scientia et Virtute; in exergue, 1871; reverse, within a wreath of oak and laurel, Royal Artillery Institution MDCCCXXXVIII, (Major W. Kemmis, Royal Artillery 1877) 48mm., (tested) 18Kt. solid Gold, 55. 7g. (1. 96oz) nearly extremely fine. (Ex DNW, lot 492, Auction: 26th march 2009, sold for 1476. British Pounds GBP).