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LicenseMedal, Railway Laws
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Medal, Railway Laws
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Medal, Railway Laws, France, 1842. Bronze; 113mm diameter, 10mm deep, in original wooden box 140mm diameter [base damaged, cracked almost in half]. Rim legend: cuivre. Obverse: head relief profile to left wearing laurel wreath, Louis Philippe I Roi Des Francais. artist A. Bovy. Reverse: on pedestal of Law of 21 June 1842, an enthroned France with plaque Chemins de Fer, sending Mercury and ?Mars left and right; landscape, four railways to four corners; A. Bovy fecit.
Details
- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1986-572
- Materials:
- bronze
- Measurements:
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diameter: 113 mm
- type:
- medal
- credit:
- Sotheby's (New Bond St)
