Watch List notes:

Railways: Canada, Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), Directors Presentation Medal of the Grand Trunk Railway, copper, 1860, by J. S. Wyon, bust of Richard Trevithick l. (after the bust by Neville Northey Burnard, 1818-1878) GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY OF CANADA, rev. inscription within wreath of maple leaves, tablet for recipient's name, name of donor on edge in impressed lettering, F. H. TREVITHICK LOCO. SUPERINTT., 45mm. (Moyaux 49; BHM.2681; Eimer 1537; Swan 371), in dark green leather case of issue, with stamp of Joseph S. Wyon on inner lid silk, extremely fine and rare, especially so with the Trevithick naming
Frederick Henry Trevithick (1816-1902), locomotive and carriage superintendent of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, was born in Penzance, the second son of the engineer Richard Trevithick, "farther of the locomotive engine". He was to build the first locomotive in Canada, named "Trevithick" after his father and for use by the Grand Trunk Railway. The initial line of the railway ran between Toronto and Montreal, though it would soon expand into the United States to Portland, Maine and eventually to western Canada. The portrait on the medal is from the bust by the Cornish sculptor Neville Northey Burnard (now in the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro).

Estimate: 350 - 450 GBP