Description

Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold Medal n. d. (awarded 1868), 23.67 g. The Grey Institute, Award Medal. Unsigned. Arms and motto in centre. GREY INSTITUTE . PORT ELIZABETH CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Rv. PRAEMIUM BIENNALE / PUERO OPTIME MERITO CONDISCIPULORUM DUCI. Engraving: 1868 , HARRY JOHNSON. Plain edge. 36.5 mm. Eimer -. BHM -. Gutes sehr schön / Good Very Fine.

From the auction Baldwin's of St James's Coinex Auction, London, September 2017, lot 366.

Grey High School is a semi-private English-medium high school (grades 8 to 12) for boys situated in the suburb of Mill Park in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is one of the top sporting schools in the country, with consistently strong academics and an extensive culture of musical performance, and is one of the oldest schools in South Africa. It was founded as The Grey Institute by John Paterson and named after Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape Colony for the period 5 December 1854 - 15 August 1861, who was the benefactor for the original school to be constructed adjacent to the Donkin Reserve in Central, Port Elizabeth.