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Prize medal: National Fisheries Exhibition
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem and veil. Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". On tablet: "1881 NATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION". Reverse: A tablet in front of clumps of seaweed, a shell and two fish above, a life-belt (L) and a crab below. Inscription on edge: "GEORGE REID FOR HIS INVENTION TO PREVENT COLLISION AT SEA". Truncation: "-?- WYON." Fitted with loop and ring suspended from a bar and dark blue ribbon with brooch pin as worn.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0471 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Prize medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William |
| Date made: | 1881 |
| People: | Queen Victoria; Reid, George |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | 46 mm |