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Auction 65  21 Sep 2022
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Lot 1593

Estimate: 80 GBP
Price realized: 76 GBP
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Railways: France, the glorification of steam travel, copper medal, 1843, by Caqué, for Durand, a locomotive, pulling a passenger and goods wagon, steams through a landscape, rev. port-side view of a sail-assisted paddle-steamer, 52.5mm. (Moy. 122), scarce; 'Travail et Progrès', copper medal, unsigned, female figure stands with the emblems of agriculture to l., and railway engine to r., 55.5mm.; a patriotic ribbon-rosette, set with a silvered-metal locomotive 47mm.; 8-pointed brass star, in centre a locomotive set on velvet, patriotic ribbon suspender, 45mm.; Ethiopia, Menelik II (1889-1913), the Silver Jubilee of the Djibouti to Addis Abbaba Railway, French-made bronze medal, EE 1895 [1903], by C. Chaplain and H. Patey, crowned bust of King r., rev. locomotive steams to l. (Gill M41; Moy., supp. I, 575; Swan 397-98), this matt surface, extremely fine, others very fine (5)
(Estimate: 80-120 GBP)
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