Reference:5640 Queen Victoria: East India Railway Company Project, 1860

Large bust of Queen Victoria to left, wearing a diadem./

Sixteen-line inscription: THE EAST INDIA RAILWAY PROJECTED BY ROWLAND MACDONAL STEPHENSON, GEORGE TURNBULL BEING CHIEF ENGINEER, WAS COMMENCED IN THE XVTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF VICTORIA . JAMES ANDREWW MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE, K.T.BBEING GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA, AND WAS OPENED TO RAJMAHAL IN THE XXIVTH YEAR OF THE SAME GRACIOUS REIGN: CHARLES JOHN EARL CANNING, G.C.B. BEING VICEROY AND GOVERNOR GENERAL. A.D. MDCCCLX.

Bronze. 72 mm.

Condition: Very Fine

Notes:

The portrait of Queen Victoria is clearly influenced by that of William Wyon. The medal is stamped SPECIMEN in incuse letters below the inscription on the reverse and represents a scarce striking in bronze.