Watch List notes:

Railways, Belgium, Leopold I, Introduction of Railway Law [système de chemin de fer], copper medal, 1834-35, by J. P. Braemt, uniformed bust of the king l., rev. Commerce seated before a steam engine, unrolling a map of railway routes, 50mm. (Moyeau 54; Swan 209); Pierre Simons (1797-1843), copper memorial medal, 1843, by E. Delbarré and A. H. Veyrat, uniformed bust l., rev. legend in 15 lines, 50mm. (Moyaux 64; Swan 218-19); Germany, Industrial Exhibition, Berlin, 1844, bronze medal, by C. H. Lorenz and E. Schilling for Loos, Germania seated l., rev. locomotive on bridge, wreath bearing five shields around, 45mm. (BDM III, 471; Swan 300), extremely fine (3)
Pierre Simons (1797-1843), the pioneering engineer who built the first railway in Belgium from Mechelen to Brussels and was responsible for planning the Belgian railway system. He died on board the Louise Marie en-route for Central America, on 14 May 1843.

Estimate: 100 - 140 GBP