Medal - Opening of the Middlesbrough Branch Railway Bridge

€235,302.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1830
TypeCommemorative medals/Inauguration medal
CompositionTin (White metal)
Weight34.57 g
Diameter44.5 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain
Period
NoticeThomas Wells Ingram
Reference(s) BHM#1464, Eimer#1227, Moyaux#7
Obverse descriptionFrontal view of the railway across the Stockton suspension bridge.
Obverse letteringSUSPENSION BRIDGE NEAR STOCKTON MIDDLESBRO BRANCH // RAILWAY OPENED // DEC.R 27. 1830.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionShips and barges moored at a coal wharf.
Reverse letteringSTOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY COS. COAL STAITHS. // AT MIDDLESBRO` PUBLISHED BY J.W. JAMES // DARLINGTON.
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
Mintage1830  - -
Catalog ID2947829990
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