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Prize medal, International Electric Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1890
Prize medal, International Electric Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1890. Obverse: Britannia seated (left). She holds in her left hand, a winged wheel, olive and palm branches in her right. The Forth Bridge is seen behind, to her right, a factory and locomotive to her left. Reverse: A winged dynamo with a lighting flash, an inscription in Greek on the keeper of the magnet. Legend: 'INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC EXHIBITION EDINBURGH 1890'. Inscribed on the edge 'DENNY & CO DUMBARTON . NAVIGATION'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2797 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Prize medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Alexander Kirkwood & Son Ltd |
| Date made: | 1890 |
| People: | Denny Bros Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Denny Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 51 mm |
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