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Award - Victoria Young People's Industrial Exhibition, gilt white metal
| Location | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Composition | Gilding metal plated pewter |
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| Obverse description | Mature veiled bust of Queen Victoria facing left, wearing a crown adorned with laurel, with legend distributed across the field reading 'TO COMMEMORATE THE 60 YEAR OF HER MAJESTY'S REIGN'. 'VICTORIA' appears at the top and 'QUEEN AND EMPRESS' along the bottom, with the engraver's signature visible beneath the bust in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA QUEEN AND EMPRESS TO COMMEMORATE THE 60th YEAR OF HER MAJESTY'S REIGN F. BOWCHER. F |
| Reverse description | Central inscription within a tied laurel wreath, reading 'PRIZE MEDAL / CAMBRIDGE / N.Z. / 1897', with 'YOUNG PEOPLE'S INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION' arranged around the outer border. The maker's name 'SPINK & SON LONDON' is engraved in small lettering at the base of the wreath. |
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