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Hirwain [School], Francis Crawshay, 1847, a silver award medal, unsigned, robe, rev. legend, 38mm (D & W 234/247). Obverse extremely fine and toned, reverse nearly so and with a few light scuffs, very rare £100-150

Francis Crawshay (1811-78), a third-generation iron master, was put in charge of the works at Hirwaun in the early 1830s. He succeeded to the estate in 1847 and was well-known for his philanthropy and a sympathetic attitude to his workforce