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Award - Victoria Leander Medal, 2nd type

Location United Kingdom
Year 1880
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Diameter 45 mm
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Obverse script Latin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter)
Obverse lettering PERGE ITA UT FIT / LEANDER MEDAL
Reverse description The reverse features a large oak wreath tied with a ribbon at the base, enclosing a multi-line engraved inscription recording the medal's founding and the recipient details. The text identifies this as the Humphery Memorial Medal, instituted 1880 by the Misses C & J. Humphery in memory of their late father, Hon. Teacher of Swimming to the Serpentine Club, to be swum for annually in the Serpentine; won by J. Vickars, 1st Prize, time 22m 25sec, Sept. 3, 1898.
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