Sunderland. Bridge lottery medal. 1816. #sherborne South Wales Borderers

South Wales Borderers

Attractive rainbow tone

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He served on the home front during WW1

This is the jury who acquitted John Tooke

Sunderland. Bridge lottery medal. 1816. #sherborne South Wales BorderersThe "Sunderland Bridge Lottery" medal from 1816 was a commemorative medal issued for a lottery to fund the construction of the Sunderland Bridge. The medal, designed by T. Halliday, features a ship beneath the bridge on the obverse and has a legend on the reverse. It is made of white metal or pewter, weighs about 31. 7 grams, and is around 45mm in diameter. The Sunderland bridge Lottery was to raise money for Roland Burdon, Sunderland's MP. He had