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
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, 1978
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Date Issued
1897 AD
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Issued By
Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Victoria, Australia, 1897
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Mint
Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Victoria, Australia, 1897
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Commissioned By
Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Victoria, Australia, 1897
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Awarded To
Sir Rupert Turner Havelock Clarke Baronet, Victoria, Australia, 1897
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Inscriptions
Obverse: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE VICTORIA and the motto INDUSTRIAE NIHIL IMPOSSIBILE (with work nothing is impossible) Reverse: CHAMPION PRIZE OF AUSTRALIA AWARDED BY DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE TO Sir Rupert T. H. Clarke Bart. FOR LEICESTER EWE .. 1897 .. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
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Series
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Material
Silver
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Type of item
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Dimensions
47 mm (Outside Diameter), 58.71 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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