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Prize medal, Great Exhibition
Obverse: Conjoined busts of Queen Victoria and Prince Concort (L) dolphin below, a trident right.Inscription: "VICTORIA D:G:BRIT:REG:F:D. ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX MDCCCLI". Inscription on edge: "MESSRS. GREEN. CLASS VIII. PRIZE MEDAL OF THE EXHIBITION". Presented for good workmanship, for a modal of the Owen Glendower, built by Green and Blackwall in 1839. Reverse: Britannia seated (L) Industry kneeling below her; figures representing London, India, Africa, and Australia, standing (R) and behind. Legend: "DISSOCIATA LOCIS CONCORDI PACE LIGAVIT".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0283 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Prize medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles; Wyon, William |
| Events: | Great Exhibition of the Works and Industry of All Nations in London, 1851 |
| Vessels: | Owen Glendower 1839 |
| Date made: | 1851 |
| People: | Queen Victoria; Prince Albert, Consort of Queen Victoria |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 76 mm |