Medal - Department of Agriculture Victoria, Champion Prize, Victoria, Australia, circa 1910

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Summary:: Australia Victoria
Medal - Department of Agriculture, Champion Prize c.1910 (AD)
Mint: Stokes & Sons
Awarded to: Not Issued
Other Details: This is an unissued gold prize medal made for the the Department of Agriculture to supply regional Agricultural and Horticultural Societies. For an examples used by the Doncaster & Box Hill Horticultural Association see NU33183.
Description:: A gold prize medal (15 ct., 31 mm diameter with loop and ring attached to edge at 12) with the obverse of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria featuring below a crown a rural scene with horse, sheep, cow and pig in the foreground and farmer reaping wheat in the background; combined with the Champion Prize reverse which provides space for regional Agricultural and Horticultural Societies to add their name and details of an award.

Tagged with:	agricultural shows, agriculture
Themes this item is part of:	Public Life & Institutions Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales
Primary Classification:	MEDALS
Secondary Classification:	Civil
Tertiary Classification:	agricultural prizes
Series:	Australian Agricultural Prize Medals
DateEra:	circa 1910 AD
Obverse Description:	At centre surmounted by crown an agricultural scene with horse, sheep, cow and pig in the foreground and farmer reaping wheat in the background; around, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE VICTORIA
Reverse Description:	At centre, CHAMPION PRIZE / AWARDED BY DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE / TO / / FOR / ; below, VICTORIA
Edge Description:	Plain with loop and ring attached at edge 12
Inscriptions:	Obverse: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE VICTORIA 15C At centre, CHAMPION PRIZE AWARDED BY DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE TO FOR . VICTORIA
Material:	Gold
Issued By:	Victoria: Agriculture Department, Victoria, Australia, circa 1910
Mint:	Stokes & Sons, Victoria, Australia, circa 1910
Commissioned By:	Victoria: Agriculture Department, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1910