Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 37 25 Sep 2019
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India, Agra Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, silver award medal, 1867, by J. S. & A. B. Wyon, two long-horned zebu cattle, two sheep and a horse, rev. fruit and floral wreath, 'Best Fall for Canal ... Colonel Dyas R.E.', the Exhibition details engraved on rim, 63.5mm. (Pudd.867.3), in (original?) red leather fitted case, virtually mint state and rare
Joseph Henry Dyas passed out of the East India Company's Military Seminary, Addiscombe in 1844, winning a First Class Prize for being 2nd Mathematical; 1st Fortification and 2nd Good Conduct. He went on to become the Director of Canals in the Punjab and was responsible for the Bári Doáb [Baree Doab] Canal. Thomas Henry Thornton's biography of Colonel Sir Robert Sandeman (pub. 1895), records that Dyas 'died of over-work, years ago'
(120-160 GBP)
Joseph Henry Dyas passed out of the East India Company's Military Seminary, Addiscombe in 1844, winning a First Class Prize for being 2nd Mathematical; 1st Fortification and 2nd Good Conduct. He went on to become the Director of Canals in the Punjab and was responsible for the Bári Doáb [Baree Doab] Canal. Thomas Henry Thornton's biography of Colonel Sir Robert Sandeman (pub. 1895), records that Dyas 'died of over-work, years ago'
(120-160 GBP)