© numismaticroy
© numismaticroy
Token - The safety Talisman
1922 year| Aluminium | 2.57 g | 33.32 mm |
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
|---|---|
| King | George V (1910-1936) |
| Type | Medals › Membership medals |
| Year | 1922 |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 2.57 g |
| Diameter | 33.32 mm |
| Thickness | 1.35 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#75864 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Name and message
Script: Latin
Lettering:
THE “SAFETY” TALISMAN
LOOK BEFSORE
YOU LEAP
ASK
“IS IT
SAFE?
COPYRIGHT 1922
Edge
Plain
Comment
"The GWR’s management first came interested in the ‘Safety First’ campaign in 1913 through articles in the Illinois Central Railroad Magazine, George Bradshaw’s book the Prevention of Railroad Accident and through other publications. However, the ‘safety first’ mantra was spreading within Britain’s railway administrators and commentators at the time, and the GWR’s management were simply the first to act on this interest. Thus, the GWR contacted some American railroads about their campaigns with a view to introducing something similar amongst its own employees in early 1913""In 1916 the GWR introduced a pocket token about the size of a penny to be kept with loose change. This had the ‘Safety First’ motto, ‘IS IT SAFE?’ emblazoned all over it and every time an individual brought out their change it would be there to remind them of the value of safety"
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=20140.0
