Railways, Centenary of the Stockton to Darlington and London & North East Railway, large and small bronze medals, 1925, by Gilbert Bayes, for John Pinches, busts of Edward Pease and George Stephenson between shields, rev. Vulcan holds model of "Locomotive No 1", behind a "Pacific Class" engine and tender, 77 & 44.5mm. (BHM.4205; Eimer 2001), smaller in box of issue, the reverse wonderfully sculpted, first extremely fine second mint state; and a white metal medal, "Presented by Mr. G. E. Markham, Darlington', 32.5mm., mint state (3)
Edward Pease (1767–1858), the "Father of the Railways", a woollen manufacturer who was the main promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Estimate: 100 - 150 GBP