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Award - Victoria Royal Caledonian Curling Club Local Medal
| Location | Scotland (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into two registers. The upper register depicts a curling scene in relief showing multiple players on a frozen pond beneath bare tree branches, with curling stones visible on the ice. The lower register features the Royal Arms of Scotland — a shield bearing the rampant lion, surmounted by a crown and flanked by thistle sprigs — with the motto NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT on a scroll around the shield. The maker's name KIRKWOOD & SON EDINBURGH appears along the left and right margins. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a circular raised legend around the rim and an engraved presentation inscription in the plain central field. The text records the award to a named recipient and the date of the competition. |
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| Reverse lettering | ROYAL CALEDONIAN CURLING CLUB LOCAL MEDAL INSTITUTED 25 JULY 1838 / Won by Chas. J. Gibson 7th Feb. 1876. |
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