MB110180 GB South London Floricultural Society 3 silver prize medals 1837 Rare & early horticulture. Victorian

GB South London Floricultural Society 3 silver prize medals 1837 Rare & early horticulture medals. 1. Struck silver medal of Charles Linneaus, aged, 38mm. engraved on reverse South London Floricultural Society Presented to Mr Fardinando June 13th 1837. 2. another medal all engraved Presented to Mr Fardinando July 25th 1837, hallmarked John Henry & Charles Lias, mark from1823. 50mm. 3. As previous medal but larger 61.5mm. dated Sept. 5th 1837 hallmark CL Charles Lias. By 1838 it had become the Royal South London Floricultural Society with competitions at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens in Southwark. The trio condition EF.