MARRIAGE MEDAL FETCHES £440
A fine gold medal struck in 1090 to commemorate the marriage of James VI of Scotland, afterwards James I of England on the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, was sold for £440 (Baldwin) at Sotheby’s m London. ... This profile bust of James, with thistle plant on the reverse, is,known by obly another example in the British Museum. When he married Anne of Denmark he was 24. First, the marriage was by proxy at Copenhagen in August, but as the young queen had been driven by a storm to. Norway, .James grew impatient and set sail from Leith. Atfer a wild passage he found his bride at Oslo, where the pair were married in November.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 113, 25 February 1950, Page 8
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119MARRIAGE MEDAL FETCHES £440 Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 113, 25 February 1950, Page 8
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