Watch List notes:

Canada, Thayendanegea or Captain Joseph Brant (1743–1807), the unveiling of the Brant memorial at Brantford, Ontario, white metal medal, 1886, by P. W. Ellis & Co., bust r., wearing single feather headdress, rev. the monument, 38mm.; Charles Blondin – the Hero of Niagara, white metal medal, 1860, by J. W. Moore, bust three-quarters l., rev. Blondin in centre of tightrope with the Falls beyond, 35mm. (BHM.2672), both very fine (2)
First bt. 1986, C. Eimer
Charles Blondin – Jean François Gravelet (1824-1897), had crossed the Falls twice before but the 1860 crossing was before the Prince of Wales.
(50-60 GBP)