Medal - Scottish Dancing Prize, Wonthaggi Hospital Sports, Victoria, Australia, 1930

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Summary:: Australia Victoria Sale
Medal - Scottish Dancing Prize, Wonthaggi Hospital Sports 1930 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Awarded to: Bowman, Gladys
Other Details: This is one of a group of gold and silver medals won at country shows around Victoria by Gladys Bowman in the early 1930s for Scottish dancing. This medal was won for the Highland Fling Under 10 division.
Description:: A sterling silver and 9ct gold medal suspended by a loop from a crown engraved at the top, it has the winners initials engraved on a gold shield on the obverse and details of the event engraved on the reverse.

Discipline:	Numismatics
Weight:	8.21 g (Weight)

Tagged with:	dancing, healthcare medicine, highland fling, scottish communities, scottish cultural activities, scottish dancing
Themes this item is part of:	Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection
Primary Classification:	MEDALS
Secondary Classification:	Civil
Tertiary Classification:	dance prizes
Series:	Australian Dancing Medals
DateEra:	1930 AD
Obverse Description:	A sterling silver and 9ct gold medal suspended by a loop from a crown engraved at the top, it has the winners initials GMB engraved on a gold shield at the centre.
Reverse Description:	Engraved: WONTHAGGI HOSPITAL SPORTS 3rd. Highland Fling Under 10 GLADYS . M . BOWMAN 22 . 2 . 30 Stamped: 9CT. STGSIl ; Jeweller's marks 1758 E/H x7o6 lightly scratched around stamps.
Inscriptions:	Obverse: GMB Reverse: WONTHAGGI HOSPITAL SPORTS 3rd. Highland Fling Under 10 GLADYS . M . BOWMAN 22 . 2 . 30
Material:	Silver and Gold
Issued By:	Wonthaggi, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 1930
Awarded To:	Gladys Bowman, Australia, 1930