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.

Object Details

ID: MED0471
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
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