CNG 100, Lot: 1155. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERU, Republic. 1822-present. AV Medal (38mm, 33.42 g, 12h). Inauguration of the Sayan-Huacho Rail Line. By C.E. Bryant. Dated 24 January 1872. Presented to Col. D. Manuel Santa Maria. FERRO-CARRIL DE HUACHO Á SAYAN (elongated rosette) DECRETADO EL 24 DE ENERO DE 1872 (elongated rosette), surveyor’s implements / SE INAUGURÓ LA OBRA SIENDO PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA, CORONRL/D. JOSÉ BALTA/Y MINISTRO DEL RAMO/EL SOR . CORONEL in five lines, EL EXMO. SEÑOR above, D. MANUEL SANTA MARIA below. Cf. [Anonymous] Beschreibender Katalog des k. k. historischen Museums der österreichischen Eisenbahnen (Wien, 1902), 310 (for example in silver). Superb EF, lightly toned, traces of underlying luster, a few minor marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Rauch (15 April 2011), lot 946.