“LABOR OMNIA VINCIT” (Work Conquers All) is the wording round the image of Darlington’s famous Locomotion No 1 engine on this 9ct gold medallion, which features in our auction on Tuesday. On the reverse is a well-executed image of Bulmers Stone, the famous landmark in Northgate that is said once to have been the boundary of the town. It is believed that on April 19, 1821, George Stephenson stopped to tie his shoelaces on the stone before he went over the road to meet Edward Pease in his house to discuss the forthcoming Stockton and Darlington Railway. Hallmarked for Birmingham 1919 this piece is comfortably just over the 100 years. Because of the railway connection, there are many souvenirs from the 1925 centenary of the railway which show the engine and the stone, but these are usually wall plaques.