Edward VII (1902-1910)
Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce awards medal, struck in silver, by E. Fuchs and L.C. Wyon, bust of Edward VII left, rev. legend in and around wreath, edge SYDNEY PERKS, F.R.I.B.A, FSA, FOR HIS PAPER ON "THE RESTORATION AND DISCOVERIES AT THE GUILDHALL LONDON" SESSION 1909-1910, 89.50g, 56mm, (Eimer 1863 - Variant). About extremely fine, in black fitted case
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Sydney Perks was appointed as Surveyor to the City of London in 1905, a post he held until 1931. On 20 February 1906 he was made a Freemason by being the first initiate of the newly consecrated The Guildhall Lodge No.3116 that met at De Keyser's Royal Hotel, Victoria Embankment, London and freemasonry records show his occupation to have been the City Surveyor and his address was given as The Guildhall. The 1911 census shows him as the architect and surveyor of the Corporation of the City of London. He was also the architect of the 1929 London Fruit Exchange and London Wool Exchange at Spitalfields and that was demolished in 2015
