Summary
Grand Champion Prize medal awarded to William Ross at the Ballaarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Intercolonial Champion Ploughing Match 2nd September 1874. The prize also included fifty sovereigns.
Mint: J.T.S.
Physical Description
A medal produced by engraving a gold disk mounted in gold frame with attached loop and pin. (37 mm diameter). The obverse has a central gold design featuring two wheat sheaves and a plough (in yellow gold) attached at the centre.
Obverse Description
Engraved : BALLAARAT AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL SOCIETY around two wheat sheaves behind a plough. Stamped below with the maker's initials J.T.S
Reverse Description
Engraved: THE / GRAND CHAMPION PRIZE / of 50 SOVEREIGNS / and this medal / WERE AWARDED TO / WM. ROSS Junr. / AT THE SOCIETY'S / INTERCOLONIAL CHAMPION / PLOUGHING MATCH / 2nd. Sepr. 1874
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Date Issued
1874 AD
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Issued By
Ballarat Agricultural & Pastoral Society, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1874
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Commissioned By
Ballarat Agricultural & Pastoral Society, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1874
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Awarded To
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Inscriptions
Obverse: BALLAARAT AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL SOCIETY J.T.S Reverse: THE GRAND CHAMPION PRIZE of 50 SOVEREIGNS and this medal WERE AWARDED TO WM. ROSS Junr. AT THE SOCIETY'S INTERCOLONIAL CHAMPION PLOUGHING MATCH 2nd. Sepr. 1874
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Series
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Material
Gold
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
37 mm (Outside Diameter), 13.71 g (Weight)
Note, the pin extends 6 mm beyond the medal
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Shape
Round
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