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Medal commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and British Commerce
Medal commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and British Commerce. Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria (left) wearing a small crown and laurel wreath. Legend: (outer) 'VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REGINA F : D : IND : IMP :'; (inner) 'IN . COMMEMOR . AN . REG . SEXAGESIMI .' Exergue: 'MDCCCXCVII.' Reverse: A steamship with three funnels and three masts sea below. Exergue: The east and west hemispheres on either side of a locomotive emerging from a tunnel surrounded by a circle inscribed 'BRITISH COMMERCE 1837-1897.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2757 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Spink & Son Ltd |
| Events: | Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1896-1897 |
| Date made: | 1897 |
| People: | Queen Victoria; Spink & Son Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 50 mm |