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Award General Exhibition Medal
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | An allegorical female figure seated left in classical drapery, holding a torch aloft in her right hand and a lyre in her left, with a spinning wheel to her left. Surrounding symbolic elements include a pyramid with palm fronds to the left and a classical temple portico with a bearded male bust to the right, representing industry, arts, and civilisation. A maker's inscription appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse description | The central field bears engraved presentation text within a beaded circular border, surrounded by an ornate scrollwork border with four oval cartouches at the cardinal points and a laurel wreath with ribbon at the base. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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