Summary

Australia Victoria Bendigo
Medal - Bendigo Juvenile & Industrial Exhibition Commemorative 1886 (AD)
Mint: Stokes & Martin
Other Details: This medal was produced as a memento of the 1886 Bendigo Juvenile & Industrial Exhibition.. Juvenile industrial exhibitions were held to to encourage young people to compete in 'works of industry and usefulness', to impress the dignity and honour of labour, to nurture those in the trades, to show handiwork, to share ideas, to develop the idea of 'useful employment' in leisure hours and to create a 'taste for the fine arts and ornamental works, so as to make the home attractive' (Official Record, Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, Ballarat, 1890).

Physical Description

A gilt medal (31 mm diameter) featuring a view of the Bendigo (Sandhurst) Town Hall and commemorating the Bendigo Exhibition of 1886. It is holed and may have been sold with a ribbon and pin for wearing.

Obverse Description

At centre within broad rim decorated with ornate zigzag pattern, a view of the Bendigo Town Hall with a flag flying; around above, TOWN HALL SANDHURST

Reverse Description

Around an olive wreath, BENDIGO JUVENILE & INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION 1886

Edge Description

Plain

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