Medal - XII Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, Gold, Uncirculated, Queensland, Australia, 1982, Obverse

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Item NU 16393 Medal - XII Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, Gold, Uncirculated, Queensland, Australia, 1982

Summary

Un-issued gold prize medal of the 1982 Commonwealth Games, held in Brisbane in 1982.
The Brisbane logo was designed by Hugh Edwards who was the winner of a nation-wide competition in 1978.

Physical Description

A gold plated medal (57 mm in diameter) with loop and ribbon at top featuring a leaping Kangaroo and details of the Brisbane Commonwealth Games.

Obverse Description

Kangaroo (with body crossed by horizontal lines) leaping right above water; above, logo of Games

Reverse Description

Within pentagon formed by chain, crown deviding date 19 82; below, XII / COMMONWEALTH / GAMES / BRISBANE / AUSTRALIA; below in small letters, A.J.P.

Edge Description

Plain

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Collecting Areas

Leisure, Public Life & Institutions
Acquisition Information

Donation from Brisbane Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, After 1982
Date Issued

1982 AD
Issued By

Brisbane, Greater Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1982
Designer

Hugh Edwards, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1978
Inscriptions

Reverse: 1982 XII COMMONWEALTH GAMES BRISBANE AUSTRALIA A.J.P.
Series

Australian Sporting Medals
Material

Gold-plated
Axis

12
Classification

Medals, Commemorative, Sport
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

Numismatics
Type of item

Object
Dimensions

5 mm (Height), 57 mm (Outside Diameter), 56.415 g (Weight)
Shape

Round with loop
Keywords

Commonwealth Games: Brisbane, 1982, Sport

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