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OBJECT TYPE: 1ST TIME PRIZE/10 MILE RACE
DATE: 1896
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1054.001

MANUFACTURER: KENT, A. & SON
MODEL: Y.M.C.A.
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: NON-FERROUS METAL (SILVER)/ SILK? RIBBON

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.9 cm
Width: 3.8 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: KENT
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1896
Canada: IN 1880S & 1890S, BICYCLE RACES & MEETS WERE FREQUENTLY HELD BY CYCLING CLUBS & OTHER GROUPS IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE, PRODUCTS OF CYCLING CRAZE OF THAT ERA. THIS ITEM ALSO IS PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION.
Function: PIECE OF SHAPED & INSCRIBED METAL MOUNTED ON RIBBON, INTENDED TO BE WORN ON CLOTHING, WHICH SERVED AS PRIZE IN CYCLING COMPETITION.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON MEDAL BACK READS "A. KENT & S./ STERLING", "JARVIS COLL./ INST./ BICYCLE CLUB/ 10 MILE" & IN SCRIPT "Handicap Race Oct. 24th 96/ 1st Time prize/ Won by/ Fred L. Plant"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: PLATED METAL/ RED RIBBON
Decoration: MEDAL IN FORM OF PATY CROSS WITH ARMS JOINED BY FLEUR-DE-LIS TYPE CROSSES, WITH PATY CROSS ARMS HAVING RAISED EDGES & LEAF MOTOF AT CENTRE/ AMULET AT CENTRE CONTAINS INCISED ILLUSTRATION OF CYCLIST ON BICYCLE, WITH INCISED LINE ENCIRCLING EDGE/ UPPER PART OF MEDAL FORMED BYINTERTWINED & SUPERIMPOSED ORNATE LETTERS READING "Y.M.C.A. SUSPENDED BETWEEN 2 BARS WITH INCISED LETTERING AROUND EDGES

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KENT, A. & SON, Medal, 1896, Artifact no. 1995.1054, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1054.001/

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