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Award - Victoria Royal Agricultural Society

Location United Kingdom
Year 1840
Type Award medal
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Obverse description Young bare-headed effigy of Queen Victoria in left-facing profile, wearing an ornate jewelled diadem, with hair swept back into a bun. The circumferential legend reads HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA above and PATRONESS below, separated by the truncation of the bust.
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Reverse description Central field features a large wreath composed of wheat ears and foliage tied at the base, enclosing the society motto PRACTICE WITH SCIENCE in three lines in relief. The circular legend ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND runs around the periphery, with the date 1840 in the exergue below the wreath.
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