Medals of Bridges from the David Young Collection

Opening of Victoria Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees, 1887, a white metal medal by Pinches, 36mm (W & E 2320A.1; BHM 3281); Completion of the Newcastle Tramways Extension, 1923, a plated bronze medal by Lomax, 51mm (BHM 4180; E 1982); ‘Tyneside Line’ Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a bronzed impression of the company’s Seal, 55mm; together with a modern aged copy of the 1830 medal by T.W. Ingram for the opening of the Middlesbrough Branch Railway, 45mm (cf. BHM 1464; E 1227) [4]. Very fine and better; first pierced for suspension £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals of Bridges from the David Young Collection.

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