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Elizabeth II. 1952-2022. Gold Medal 1965, 120.47 g. Death of Winston Churchill. By A. Löwental. Bust, draped; 1945 superimposed upon V (Victory sign, incuse) in the field, behind head. CHURCHILL OB . 24 . JAN . 1965. Rv. WE . WILL FIGHT . ON LAND ON . SEA AND . IN THE AIR UNTIL VICTORY IS WON. in the centre, divided by victory torch held in hand issuing from clouds. UNFLINCHING . INDOMITABLE . HIS . SPIRIT . SAVED . BRITAIN . AND . SO . THE . WORLD. Plain edge with hallmarks and punched number "18". 50.8 mm. 22ct gold. Eimer 2105. FDC / Mint State. Mattiert / Matte finish. Im Etui von Seaby / In a box from Seaby.

Purchased from Seaby, London, July 1973, lot G2724.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during the Second World War) and again from 1951 to 1955.

Apart from 1922 to 1924, he was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.