Centre circle with a reverse view of the reservoir and surrounding area. Lettering thereon, lettering outside circle
Obverse lettering
COMMENCED 9TH AUGUST 1893. AREA 116
ACRES. CAPACITY 651,000,000 GALLONS *
BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF PLYMOUTH
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Lettering in 13 lines, the first and last curved
Reverse lettering
PLYMOUTH 21ST SEPR 1898
THE BURRATOR RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTED TO AVERT THE DANGER &
HARDSHIP TO WHICH THE TOWN WAS FORMERLY LIABLE, WAS THIS DAY
COMPLETED. THIS MEDAL WAS STRUCK TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENT AND IS
THE GIFT OF
J. T. BOND MAYOR 1891-1896-1898
