Summary
Australia Victoria Melbourne
Presentation medal to Bandmaster 1881 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Awarded to: T.B.Johnson
Other Details: This engraved silver medal was presented to the bandmaster of the Melbourne Hippodrome, T.B.Johnson, in 1881. It was awarded by R. Driver for 'satisfactory management as bandmaster April 1881'. The Hippodrome was an entertainment facility that was located on the site of the future Comedy Theatre in Exhibition Street in the 1890s. In 1911 a new hippodrome was built on the site of the future Arts Centre in St Kilda Road.
Obverse Description
Engraved view of Hippodrome; above, HIPPODROME; below, MELBOURNE 1881
Reverse Description
Engraved: PRESENTED/TO/T.B.Johnson/from/R.Driver/FOR SATISFACTORY MANAGEMENT/AS BANDMASTER/APRIL 1881
Edge Description
plain
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase from Spink (Australia), 18 Aug 1989
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Date Issued
1881 AD
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Issued By
Melbourne Hippodrome, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Awarded To
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Person Named
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Inscriptions
plain (edge) Engraved view of Hippodrome; above, HIPPODROME; below, MELBOURNE 1881 (obverse) Engraved: PRESENTED/TO/T.B.Johnson/from/R.Driver/FOR SATISFACTORY MANAGEMENT/AS BANDMASTER/APRIL 1881 (reverse)
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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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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
56 mm (Height), 41 mm (Outside Diameter)
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Shape
Round
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