Bidspirit auction | A Group of UK and

A Group of UK and European Commemorative and Award Medals - A group of commemorative and award medals comprising philatelic, sporting, and religious subjects. The collection includes two bronze-coloured philatelic medals featuring a left-facing profile bust of Queen Victoria on the obverse, after the design by William Wyon R.A., with the legend VICTORIA REGINA. The reverse of each medal bears a rectangular postage stamp-shaped plaque inscribed STAMPEX TROPHY CONTEST AWARD below a stagecoach motif. Also included is a bronze Reading Amateur Regatta medal, the obverse featuring an ornate interlaced monogram and the date 1842, with the reverse engraved in the centre SENIOR II COXED FOURS 1994 within a border reading READING AMATEUR REGATTA. The collection is completed by a dark-patinated metal medal, likely bronze or lead, commemorating Pope Clement XI. The obverse depicts a profile bust of the Pope in ceremonial robes and tiara with the Latin legend CLEMENS XI PONT OPT MAX. The reverse shows a large rectangular building, the Ospizio di San Michele, with the inscription ADDITO ANNO PRAESIDIO above the date 1704.