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Medal - Victoria Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, bronze
| Location | Scotland (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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| Year | 1842 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Detailed architectural view in high relief of the entrance to the Glasgow Railway Station and tunnel, featuring a prominent column surmounted by a figure to the left and a seated statue to the right flanking the arched tunnel entrance through which a locomotive is visible. A curved legend arcs around the upper field, with a publisher's inscription in three lines along the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Panoramic landscape view in fine relief of the great viaduct spanning the Valley of the Almond near Edinburgh, with a long arcaded stone viaduct stretching across the field, hills and a castle or tower visible in the background, and trees and foliage in the foreground. A curved legend arcs around the upper field, with a four-line commemorative inscription in the lower exergue recording the opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on February 18, 1842. |
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