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Ref: 3318

South Shields, South Shields Gas Company, Exhibition 1877, silver prize medal, scarce

 

 

Obv: South Shields arms of a lifeboat in heavy seas with motto ‘Always Ready’, THE SOUTH SHIELDS GAS COMPANY around and date 1877 engraved below

                

Rev: engraved legend EXHIBITION OF GAS APPARATUS CLASS 4 Awarded to JOHN WRIGHT & Co. BIRMINGHAM

 

 

References: -

 

Condition: Good very fine; Diameter: 45mm

 

 

Notes: South Shields was historically in County Durham, but now South Tyneside

 

 

Price £40

South Shields, South Shields Gas Company, Exhibition 1877, silver prize meda

South Shields, South Shields Gas Company, Exhibition 1877, silver prize meda

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