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Prize medal, International Inventions Exhibition, 1885
Prize medal, International Inventions Exhibition, 1885. Obverse: Veiled head of Queen Victoria wearing a diadem (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Reverse: A seated male figure holding and olive branch and compasses (left), inscribed 'INVENTION' and a female figure holding a lyre (right) inscribed 'MVSIC'. On a tablet below '1885 INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHIBITION'. The medal has a gear tooth border.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2800 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Prize medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1885 |
| People: | Denny Bros Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Denny Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 46 mm |