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Medal - Victoria Great Exhibition
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1851 |
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| Composition | Pewter |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a deeply recessed field entirely filled with multi-line raised lettering providing detailed technical specifications of the Crystal Palace. A circular border legend runs around the raised rim of the medal, partially inverted at the base. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE MATERIALS ARE IRON AND GLASS; IT IS IN SHAPE A PARALLELOGRAM, 1848 FT LONG BY 408 FT BROAD, AND 66 FT HIGH; IT IS CROSSED MIDWAY BY A TRANSEPT, 108 FT HIGH; ON THE NORTH SIDE IS AN ADDITION OF 936 FT IN LENGTH BY 48 FT IN BREADTH, TOTAL AREA OF SPACE, 855,560 CUBIC FT; OR NEARLY 21 ACRES; ESTIMATED VALUE, £150,000. / THERE ARE 2,224 IRON GIRDERS, 3,300 COLUMNS, 202 MILES OF SASH BARS, AND 900,000 SUPERFICIAL FEET OF GLASS |
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