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OBJECT TYPE: COMMEMORATIVE
DATE: 1878–1884
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1693.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL WITH FABRIC RIBBON, PROBABLY SILK

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 8.6 cm
Width: 4.5 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 IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION
Function: TO BE WORN AS A DECORATIVE ACCESSORY ON CLOTHING/ PROBABLY USED AS A SYMBOLIC AWARD FOR A RACE OR OTHER EVENT, OR TO COMMEMORATE AN EVENT
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ENGRAVED ON SHIELD ON MEDAL `MBC/ 1878'/ INSET LETTERS ON MOUNTING `VALOIS'/ SHIELD ON PIN `1884'/ ON BACK OF MEDAL `TAA'/ ON EITHER SIDE OF THE `TAA' IS A CIRCLE WITH WHAT MIGHT BE A CAMEOINSIDE
Missing: N/A
Finish: MAIN PART OF MEDAL & MIN ARE SILVER & GREY WITH GOLD-COLOUR WREATH & DECORATION & MOUNTING
Decoration: GENERAL SHAPE OF MEDAL IS PATEE CONVEX CROSS WITH CIRCULAR PIECE IN CENTER WREATH AROUND CIRUCLAR PIECE & IN CENTER IS SHIELD WITH BEAVER ON TOP/ ON EDGES OF ARMS OF CROSS ARE SCROLLS/ MOUNTING HAS LIGHT SCROLLS & ORNAMENTATION/ PIN IS ESCROLL SHAPE WITH SHIELD IN CENTER

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, circa 1878–1884, Artifact no. 1987.1693, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1693.001/

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