 The inaugural gold award was given in June 1837 to John Timperley for his account of the history and construction of the town docks of the Port of Kingston upon Hull, published in volume 1 of the "Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers"; the medals carried an image of Telford on one side, and of his Menai Bridge on the reverse.The bust of Telford was a design by William Wyon and the medal is also signed "J. S. and A.B.