Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Paper Money

Royal Society of Arts, a silver award medal by L.C. Wyon, bust of Prince of Wales right, rev. legend in wreath, named (W.M. Acworth, for his Paper on “Light Railways”, Session 1894-95), 56mm (BHM 2794; E 1567). Light staining in obverse field, otherwise good very fine; in maroon case of issue [this broken] £100-150

Sir William Mitchell Acworth, KCSI (1850-1925), railway economist, barrister and politician; b. Rothley, Leics; educ. Uppingham School and Christ Church, Oxford; English tutor to the future Kaiser Wilhelm II and his brother, 1875-7; elected to the new London County Council as a councillor for Dulwich, 1889; called to the Bar 1890; author of Railways of England (1889) and Railways of Scotland (1890); lecturer on railway matters to the London School of Economics; served on numerous royal commissions related to railways, both in the UK and overseas