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OBJECT TYPE: MILITARY/WWI/CAN. CYC. BN.
DATE: 1919
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1729.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: British War 1914-1918
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SILVER WITH SILK RIBBON

Dimensions

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

Length: 10.6 cm
Width: 3.7 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 RANKS OF OVERSEAS MILITARY FORCES OF CANADA WHO CAME OVERSEAS FROM CANADA BETWEEN 5 AUG. 1914 & 11 NOV. 1918 OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN A THEATRE OF WAR
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: OBVERSE: EMBOSSED `GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:'/ REVERSE: `1914 1918'/ ENGRAVED ON EDGE `540039 PTE. P. BROWN. CAN. CYCLIST. BN.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: SILVER & GREY, TARNISHED TO VARIOUS DEGREES/ RIBBON HAS ORANGE CENTRE WITH EDGES BLUE-BLACK-WHITE (OUTSIDE TO INSIDE)/ ORANGE IS WATERED
Decoration: OBVERSE: GEORGE V. UNCROWNED COINAGE HEAD, FACING LEFT/ REVERSE: HORSEMAN (ST. GEORGE) ON HORSE WHICH TRAMPLES ON PRUSSIAN SHIELD & SKULL & CROSS BONES, BEHIND IS SUN OF VICTORY

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, circa 1919, Artifact no. 1987.1729, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.1729.001/

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