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Prize medal
Prize medal. It depicts a vase. Legend: 'ST GEORGE'S CHALLENGE VASE'. The full title was 'The St George's Rifles Challenge Vase' and it is shown in a woodcut in the 'Illustrated London News' for 29 June 1862, with an accompanying article. It was a marksmanship trophy 'presented by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C.H. Lindsay and the members of the St George's Rifles to the volunteers of Great Britain. It is still annually competed for at Bisley. [PvdM 4/24]
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0728 |
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| Type: | Prize medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1862 or after |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 2 mm x 44 mm |
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