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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRIZE/RACE/1/2 MILE
- DATE
- 1893
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1689.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, POSSIBLY SILVER PLATED
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.2 cm
- Width
- 4.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Cycles & cycling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORANT CYCLE COLLECTION - Function
-
TO SERVE AS A PRIZE IN CYCLING COMPETITION/ CAN ALSO SERVE AS A DECORATIVE & SYMBOLIC ACCESSORY TO WEAR ON CLOTHING - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED ON FRONT OF MOUNTING `1/2 MILE' & ON BACK OF MAIN MEDAL SECTION `ALLISTON/ May `93'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SILVER COLOUR WITH GREY & BLACK FROM TARNISHING/ WITHIN ARMS OF CROSS IS BRONZE & PURPLE-BLUE TARNISHING
- Decoration
- MAIN MEDAL SECTION IN SHAPE OF MALTESE CROSS WITH TRIANGULAR POINTS BETWEEN THE ARMS OF THE CROSS - ENGRAVING ON THE POINTS/ CIRCULAR PIECE IN CENTER WITH EMBOSSED IMAGE OF BICYCLE ON IT/ MOUNTING HAS DECORATIVE BORDER AROUND IT, FAN-SHAPED ORNAMENT ON TOP
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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, 1893, Artifact no. 1987.1689, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1689.001/
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