Summary

Australia Victoria
Medal - Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Champion Prize of Australia 1897 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Awarded to: Sir Rupert T. H. Clarke Bart.
Other Details: Silver Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Champion Prize of Australia medal, awarded in 1897 to Sir Rupert T. H. Clarke Bart for a champion Leicester Ewe.

Physical Description

A silver prize medal (47 mm diameter) with the obverse of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria featuring a rural scene with horse, sheep, cow and pig in the foreground, and farmer and wife driving two horse buggy in the background; combined with the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria Champion Prize of Australia reverse.

Obverse Description

At centre surmounted by crown an agricultural scene with horse, sheep, cow and pig in the foreground, and farmer and wife driving two horse buggy in the background; around, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE VICTORIA and the motto INDUSTRIAE NIHIL IMPOSSIBILE (with work nothing is impossible) on ribbon.

Reverse Description

At centre, CHAMPION PRIZE OF AUSTRALIA AWARDED BY DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE TO Sir Rupert T. H. Clarke Bart. FOR LEICESTER EWE; around on broad rim, . 1897 . THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA

Edge Description

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