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OBJECT TYPE: PRIZE
DATE: 1892
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1743.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL - PROBABLY BRASS & COPPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 3.6 cm
Width: 2.8 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: 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 SERVE AS A PRIZE IN A CYCLING COMPETITION/ CAN ALSO SERVE AS A DECORATIVE & SYMBOLIC ACCESSORY TO WEAR ON CLOTHING
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HAS EMBOSSED LETTERING ON FRONT/ `VELODROME BUFFALO A.E. GOOD/ 14 AOUT 1892'/ HAS INTERWINED LETTERS `B' & `V'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: FACE IS GOLD COLOUR WITH COPPER COLOUR INTIIALS OVERLAID ON IT/ OUTER RING HAS LIGHTLY PEBBLED SURFACE/ ON BACK OF.1 MAIN PART IS COPPER COLOUR WITH BACK OF INITIALS BEING A GOLD COLOUR/ HAS SMALL AREAS OF TARNISHING ON FACE
Decoration: CIRCULAR WITH `SPOKES' RUNNING INTO CENTER/ ON TOP ARE 2 DRAGON HEADS/ OVERLAID IN CENTER ARE INTERTWINED LETTERS `V' & `B' WITH LEAVES AROUND THEM

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, 1892, Artifact no. 1987.1743, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.1743.001/

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