Auction Catalogue

30 May 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 52 x

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30 May 2012

Hammer Price:
£220

Engineering, Institute of Civil Engineers, Telford Medal, 1828, a silver-gilt award medal by W. Wyon, bare head of Thomas Telford left, rev. Menai Suspension Bridge, named on edge (Edward Ellis Allen, 1855), 57mm (BHM 1328). Good very fine £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Edward Ellis Allen (Steel Yard Wharf, Upper Thames Street), won a medal at the Great Exhibition, 1851, for an "electro-magnetic railway-train alarum, for communicating with the engine-driver from any part of the train. The alarum consists of the ordinary steam whistle worked by an electro-magnet, the current passing through the side-chains; thus any additional connection between the carriages after they are attached in the usual way is avoided". He is listed in the catalogue as an "Inventor"