Watch List notes:

British Commemorative Medals, Thomas Telford (1757-1834), engineer, Institute of Civil Engineers, Telford Premium, instituted 1835, gilt-silver medal, by William Wyon, bust of Thomas Telford to l., rev. view of the Menai suspension bridge, shipping below on the Menai Straits, edge inscribed in Gothic lettering, 'Telford Premium 1884 William Foster M.A.', 58mm. (BHM.1328; Eimer 1206), small suspension loop and ring to top, nearly extremely fine
William Foster shared the 1883-84 medal for his work on Experiments on the Composition and Destructive Distillation of Coal'
Estimate: (250-300 GBP)