LOCOMOTIVES & TRAINS. Sweden. Locomotive/Gavle-Dala Railway Silver Medal, 1909. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
Diameter: 43mm; Weight: 45.86 gms. By S. Kulle. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Gävle-Dala Railway. Obverse: TILL - MINNE - AF - GEFLE-DALA - JÄRNVÄGS - FEMTIOÅRSDAG, locomotive left, with power lines in foreground and factories in background; two coats-of-arms below; Reverse: - BRYTA - VÄG - / - VAR AF - FORNO - / - SVENSK - MANS - / - STÖRSTA - ÄRA - in four lines; winged wheel below; pine branch with cones curling around to left. Edge: A very minor rim nick, otherwise plain. Gunmetal gray color, with a great two-toned nature as well as intricate detail, especially upon the obverse.
Estimate: $100 - $200