Commemorative Medals and Banknotes - Baldwin's

580 Numismatists / Trade Unionists, Great Britain,
National Society of Amalgamated Brass Workers,
Great Strike and Bonus Restored, Nickel Medal,
1890, by W J Davis, façade of building, rev legend
in eleven lines, FIRST GENERAL SECRETARY W J
DAVIS around, 39mm (BHM 3404, not listed in this
metal). As struck, very rare. £50-70
W J Davis (1848-1934), numismatist and trade unionist, had
managed to obtain a fifteen percent wage increase for union
members in 1872. This was later abolished but he managed to
have it reinstated in 1890.
581 Numismatists / Trade Unionists, Great Britain,
National Society of Amalgamated Brass Workers,
Great Strike and Bonus Restored, Brass Medal,
1890, by W J Davis, façade of building, rev legend
in eleven lines, FIRST GENERAL SECRETARY W J
DAVIS around, 39mm (BHM 3404). As struck,
rare. £50-70
582 Pharmacy, Metropolitan College of Pharmacy,
Copper Medal, awarded 1900, to Herbert Cyril
Swanley Booth, Science stands amidst a mass
of instruments and appliances, 63mm. Very
fine. £40-60
Booth was appointed by the Admiralty, 1 May 1903, “Dispenser
in His Majesty’s Naval Hospitals at Home and Abroad”.
583 Railways, Middlesbro’ Branch Railway Opened
1830, White Metal Medal, by T W Ingram, published
by J W James, end view of the suspension bridge
near Stockton, rev ships at a wharf, 44mm (BHM
1464; E 1227; Moy 7). Extremely fine. £70-90
584 Railways, The London and Birmingham Railway,
Copper Medal, 1838, by G R Collis, façade of
Euston Station – the Euston Arch, dimension
details in exergue, naming “Philip Hardwick Esqr
FRS Architect”, rev the Directors, named in 23-line
inscription, 73mm (BHM 1874; JT 125a; E 1319).
Good extremely fine. £200-250
585 Railways, George Stephenson (1781-1848),
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Opened 1830,
Bronze Medal, head left, rev BRIDGE AT NEWTON,
train crossed a viaduct in a landscape, 46mm
(BHM 1459; E 1224; Moy 3), extremely fine; another,
in White Metal, pierced, extremely fine; White Metal
Token, on locomotive Number 1 very fine, and
medalet, pierced. (4) £200-250
586 Railways, George Stephenson Centenary Medals
(2), 1830, Bronze Medal, bust left, rev men driving
the Rocket (Moyaux pl 1, 5), extremely fine; another,
in White Metal, extremely fine. (2) £40-60
587 Railways, George Stephenson Centenary Medals
(2), 1830, Bronze Medal, the Rocket unmanned
(Moyaux pl 1, 5 var), extremely fine; another, similar,
in White Metal, good very fine. (2) £40-60
588 Railways, Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Opened 1830, White Metal Medal, by T Halliday,
published by T Woolfield, train crossing the
viaduct over the Sankey canal and valley, rev tunnel
entrances seen through an arch, 48mm (BHM 1458;
E 1223; Moy 4). Extremely fine with lustre. £100-120