Medals by Subject, Transport: Sweden, Bergslagen Railway 50th Anniversary, 1879-1929, patinated silver medal, 1929, by Carl Milles, a line meanders through stylised mountains, rev. legends, etc., lettered edge with fineness stamp, 50mm., virtually mint state
Ex Baldwin's vault
Carl Milles (born Wilhelm Carl Emil Andersson, 1875-1955), sculptor. Between 1920 and 1929 he was Professor at the Academy of Art in Stockholm, leaving in 1929 to become Professor at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan. He returned to Sweden in 1951.