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Gold medal with race horse design. — Medal - Museum Victoria, Phar Lap, c. 1985 AD

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Item NU 20138 Medal - Phar Lap, Gold, Museum Victoria, Australia, 1983

Summary

This gold-plated bronze souvenir medal is an example of the Phar Lap related merchandise sold in the Museum of Victoria shop in the 1980s.

Physical Description

A gold-plated bronze commemorative medal 32 mm diameter featuring Phar Lap.

Obverse Description

Phar Lap being ridden hard to right, above, PHAR LAP

Reverse Description

Stylized image of the front of the Museum at 328 Swanston Street; above MUSEUM OF VICTORIA, below, AUSTRALIA / OUR LIVING / MEMORY

Edge Description

Plain

More Information

Collection Names

Phar Lap Collection, Museum History Collection
Collecting Areas

Public Life & Institutions
Date Issued

1983 AD
Issued By

Museum Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1983
Inscriptions

Obverse: PHAR LAP Reverse: MUSEUM OF VICTORIA AUSTRALIA OUR LIVING MEMORY
Series

Australian Commemorative Medals
Material

Gold-plated
Axis

12
Classification

Medals, Commemorative, Sport
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

Numismatics
Type of item

Object
Dimensions

32 mm (Outside Diameter), 14.13 g (Weight)
Shape

Round
Keywords

Civic Mementoes, Horses, Museum History, Racing Industry, Sport, Making History - Phar Lap