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Prize medal, Working Classes Industrial Exhibition ca.1866
Obverse: A coat of arms, City of London, with flags above, supported by dragons. Below, a ribbon resting on a crossed sword and sceptre above a crown. Inscription on ribbon: "DOMINE DIRIGE NOS". Reverse: within an oak and laurel wreath tied with a ribbon a circular scroll or scallop shell, a floral spray below. Legend: "WORKING CLASSES INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION CA.1866". Inscription on scroll: "Guildhall 1866". Presented to Lieut. E.R.May, for an invention for lowering ships' boats.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0305 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Prize medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Sulman, B |
| Events: | Industrial Exhibition: Working Classes |
| Date made: | circa 1866 |
| People: | personal symbol |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | 56 mm |