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Auction 74  12-13 Apr 2023
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Lot 773

Estimate: 70 GBP
Price realized: 80 GBP
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Cornwall and Mining, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, First Class silver award medal, 1906 (Bickford Smith & Co. Ltd., For Safety Fuses), both sculptured bust of James Watt l., rev. legends; with Second Class copper award medal, 1867 (G. M. Henty), 45.5 & 45mm., nearly extremely fine (2)
William Bickford invented and patented the first reliable "Safety Fuze" for use in the mining industry and established his factory in Tuckingmill, near Camborne, Cornwall.

Estimate: 70 - 90 GBP
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