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medals
Composition
Weight
16 g
Diameter
38 mm
Thickness
3 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Smooth
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Old Head portrait of Victoria facing left, crowned and veiled, with legend around the outside with beaded border and pierced hole at the top.
Obverse lettering
VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX (Translation: Victoria Queen and Empress)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Rochdale coat of arms and motto `CREDE SIGNO` (`trust in this sign`) in the centre of three hollow intersecting circles with their border containing the commemorated event. Outside this shape is `PRESENTED BY` on the left and `MRS C.M. ROYDS` on the right, wife of the conservative MP for Rochdale in 1895-1906.
Reverse lettering
PRESENTED BY MRS C.M. ROYDS
TO COMMEMORATE THE 60TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF H.M. QUEEN
VICTORIA
CREDE SIGNO
1837-1897
CR & FD
BM
ROCHDALE
