Medal
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MILITARY/WWI/ARMY CYC. CORPS
- DATE
- 1814–1819
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1728.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 1914-1915 Star
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, PROBABLY BRONZE, HAS 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
- 12.2 cm
- Width
- 4.4 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
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TO BE A SYMBOLIC AWARD TO ALL WHO SAW SERVICE IN ANY THEATRE OF WAR AGAINST THE CENTRAL POWERS BETWEEN 5TH AUG. 1914 & 31 DEC. 1915, EXCEPT THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR `1914 STAR' - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED ON OBVERSE: `1914-15' & `GV' [V INSIDE OF G]/ REVERSE ENGRAVED: `2501/ L. CPL. C.E. WHITE/ A. CYC. CORPS.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRONZE COLOUR,DARKENED IN SPOTS, HAS SOME GREENISH CORROSION; RIBBON IS WATERED & SHADED LEFT TO RIGHT - RED-WHITE-BLUE
- Decoration
- OBVERSE: SHAPE OF 4 POINTED STAR, TOP POINT IS IMPERIAL CROWN; ACROSS FACE ARE 2 CROSSED SWORDS; IN CENTER IS ESCROLL SURROUNDED BY LAUREL WREATH
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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, circa 1814–1819, Artifact no. 1987.1728, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1728.001/
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