The Lord Mayor of The City of London, Sir Charles Wakefield’s Gold

The Lord Mayor of The City of London, Sir Charles Wakefield’s Gold Medal for the destruction of Zeppelin L15, gold, 9ct, hallmarks for Birmingham 1916, the obverse featuring Sir Charles Wakefield’s coat of arms within inscription ‘Presented by the Lord Mayor Colonel Sir Charles Wakefield’, the reverse featuring a gun pointing at ‘L15’, with two scrolls reading ‘Well Hit’ and ‘March 31st - April 1st 1916’, and inscribed with name of recipient ‘Gunr. H. Sykes’, mounted for display in a glazed display frame together with a German Great War Iron Cross, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, with plaque below inscribed ‘Worn by the Commander of the L.15 when she was shot down’, extremely fine (2) £1,000-£1,400.

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