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Badge (front), used as pass for railway director

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000-100-048-054-C
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Badge (front), used as pass for railway director

This is the front of a railway director's gold badge, used as a pass on the Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen Railway. The badge dates from around 1850.

The front is engraved, 'DUNDEE, PERTH & ABERDEEN/RAILWAY JUNCTION/Directors Ticket'. Underneath is the engraver's signature, 'J & C Fenton'.

By the end of the 1860s, Scotland's rail network was almost complete, except for a few lines in the West Highlands.


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Online ID: 000-100-048-054-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1993.566
Date: Around 1850
c. 1850 - 1860
Material: Gold; oval. Inscription: Obv: DUNDEE, PERTH & ABERDEEN / RAILWAY JUNCTION / Director's Ticket; J & C Fenton. Rev: [locomotive]; (above, in a ribbon) CELERITER ET CERTE; [Queen's head]; J N & Co; [castle]
Dimensions: 51 mm W
What: Medal
Ticket, gold
Subject:
Who: J. and C. Fenton, Dundee (Engraver)
James Naysmith and Company (Hallmark)
Where: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen
Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen
Scotland, Angus, Dundee
Scotland, Angus, Dundee
Scotland, Perthshire, Perth
Scotland, Perthshire, Perth
Event:
Description: Railway director's gold ticket, c. 1850 - 1860
References:
  • Keay, J. & J. (eds). Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London: HarperCollins, 1994, pp 799-802. 
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