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Medals by Subject, Railways: Netherlands East Indies, 25th Anniversary of George Christian Daum as chairman of the board of directors of the Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (Dutch East Indies Railway Company), copper medal, 1897, by C. J. Begeer, legend in 8 lines within wreath, rev. legend in 6 lines, winged wheel above, locomotive and 2 carriages steams over bridge in a Java landscape, 50mm. (Moyaux 373; Swan 329, this piece), mint state
*ex Captain Ernest W. Swan Collection, Glendining [in conjunction with A. H. Baldwin], 17 April 1986, lot 329 and Baldwin's vault.
The Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (Dutch East Indies Railway Company), abbreviated NIS, was a railway company in Java, Dutch East Indies, with headquarters in Semarang. It connected Semarang with Yogyakarta and Surakarta. Later on, the network expanded to Bandung and Surabaya. In 1922 a Hartmann standard 4-6-0 locomotive was named after George Christian Daum.
*ex Captain Ernest W. Swan Collection, Glendining [in conjunction with A. H. Baldwin], 17 April 1986, lot 329 and Baldwin's vault.
The Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (Dutch East Indies Railway Company), abbreviated NIS, was a railway company in Java, Dutch East Indies, with headquarters in Semarang. It connected Semarang with Yogyakarta and Surakarta. Later on, the network expanded to Bandung and Surabaya. In 1922 a Hartmann standard 4-6-0 locomotive was named after George Christian Daum.