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Award - Food and Health Exhibition

Location United Kingdom
Year 1896
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Shape Round
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Obverse description Helmeted bust of Marianne facing right in high relief, wearing a winged helmet adorned with laurel sprigs and a lion-head brooch at the shoulder. The legend PATRIA appears vertically along the right field, with the engraver's signature to the left.
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Reverse description A winged female figure (Victory or an angel) stands to the right, holding a laurel wreath aloft over a central circular medallion bearing the inscription FOOD AND HEALTH / LONDON 1896. The medallion is flanked on the left by an olive branch with foliage, and the lower field features further botanical sprigs. The engraver's signature appears in the lower centre.
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