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OBJECT TYPE: MILITARY/WWI/A. CYCLIST CORP
DATE: 1914–1919
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1730.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Victory Medal
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: COPPER LACQUERED BRONZE

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.5 cm
Width: 4.0 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 AWARDED TO ALL OFFICERS, WARRENT OFFICERS, NCOS & MEN OF THE FIGHTING FORCES EMPLOYED WITH MILITARY HOPITALS WHO ACTUALLY SERVED ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIT IN A THEATRE OF WAR BETWEEN 5 AUG. 1914 & NOV. 11, 1918
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: OBVERSE: SMALL EMBOSSED `WMM'/ REVERSE: EMBOSSED `THE GREAT/ WAR FOR/ CIVILIZATION/ 1914-1919'/ ENGRAVED ON EDGE: `14444 PTE. W.H. DUNWELL. A. CYC. CORPS.'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: MEDAL IS GOLD-BRASS COLOUR, SLIGHTLY DARKENED IN AREAS/ RIBBON, FROM OUTSIDE TO MIDDLE VIOLET-BLUE-GREEN-YELLOW-ORANGE-RED CENTER/ WATERED
Decoration: OBVERSE: FIGURE OF WINGED WOMAN (VICTORY) WITH LEFT ARM EXTENDED & HOLDING PALM BRANCH IN HER RIGHT HAND/ REVERSE: LAUREL WREATH AROUND INSCRIPTION

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, circa 1914–1919, Artifact no. 1987.1730, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1730.001/

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