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Award - Victoria Colliery Medal
Location | United Kingdom |
Year | 1862 |
Type | Award medal |
Composition | Bronze |
Weight | |
Diameter | 52 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
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Period | |
Notice | Joseph Shepherd Wyon, Alfred Benjamin Wyon |
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Obverse description | Angel looking on as two miners dig to uncover their comrades from rubble |
Obverse lettering | |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | Inscribed plaque between oak wreaths |
Reverse lettering | PRESENTED TO THOSE
WHO RISKED THEIR
OWN LIVES IN ATTEMPTING
TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THEIR
FELLOW WORKMEN BURIED
IN HARTLEY COLLIERY
JANUARY 1862 |
Reverse script | |
Engraver | Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975) |
Mintage | 1862 - -
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Catalog ID | 4047320100 |
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