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Award Medal Exhibition of Mining Machinery
| Location | Victoria (Australian States) |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Period | 19th century |
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| Obverse description | An allegorical helmeted female figure seated right extends a laurel wreath toward a seated male figure holding a mechanical instrument, with mining headframes, industrial buildings and a factory chimney in the background. Six stars arc above the central group in the field. The legend DEPARTMENT OF MINES arcs around the upper border and VICTORIA appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | DEPARTMENT OF MINES / VICTORIA |
| Reverse description | A heraldic shield bearing a centrifugal governor (flyball governor) in relief is surmounted by a royal crown and flanked by mining tools including hammers, picks and tongs. The date 1897 appears below the shield, and the maker's name P. BLASHKI & SONS. MELBOURNE is inscribed in the lower field. The legend EXHIBITION OF MINING MACHINERY arcs around the upper border. |
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