Unfortunately, I cannot offer any information about the medal mentioned, but I do congratulate the owner for getting a better response from Spink than I did for my medal. Perhaps I can try the kindness of your readers on mine: I have an attractive and clearly rare bronze award medal dated December 1898, engraved with the name Boghos Pasha Nubar, also bearing a tiny SPINK & SON legend. The medal shows the Egyptian pyramids on the Nile, with an Egyptian insignia

What makes this medal interesting and important is that the recipient, an Egyptian Armenian, was one of the most prominent Armenians worldwide during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He began his career as an engineer and inventor, but later moved into philanthropy (as founder of the Armenian General Benevolent Union) and politics (as an Armenian representative to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919). We know that he participated in various technical expositions, such as the Paris Exposition in 1900. However, I have been unable to identify the specific December 1898 exposition or the nature of his submission for which the prize was awarded. As I mentioned, an inquiry to Spink in London did not help much.

Any readers with information are requested to contact me at Tramaked@aol.com

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:QUERY: 1902 PARIS IN LONDON EXHIBITION MEDAL UNIQUE?(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n54a13.html)