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Medal - Prahran School of Design Prize, Victoria, Australia, circa 1880
Reg. No: NU 34636
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria Prahran
Medal - Prahran School of Design Prize
The Victoria Medal for Original Architectural Design c. 1880 (AD)
Mint: Stokes & Martin
Awarded to: De Lacy Evans, G.
Other Details: Prahan School of Design silver prize medal for original architectural design, awarded to G. de Lacy Evans around 1880. It was not his first medal. In 1879 Evans won an elocution prize medal in silver from Wesley College. - Description:
- An silver prize medal (38 mm diameter) to award for Original Architectural Design , featuring a crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria facing left.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation, 1985
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 38 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 27.39 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | architecture, education |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, HM Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Civil |
| Tertiary Classification: | design prizes |
| Series: | Australian Prize Medals |
| DateEra: | circa 1880 AD |
| Obverse Description: | At centre, crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria facing left; aropund on broad rim, THE VICTORIA MEDAL +; in small letters on either side of cross, STOKES & MARTIN MELBOURNE |
| Reverse Description: | Above wreath of olive and laurel (all engraved), ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN below wreath, FIRST PRIZE ; within wreath, AWARDED / TO / C. DE LACY EVANS. / A.V.I.A. |
| Edge Description: | (engraved) PRAHAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: THE VICTORIA MEDAL STOKES & MARTIN MELBOURNE Reverse: ORIGINAL ARCHETECTURAL DESIGN FIRST PRIZE AWARDED TO C. DE LACY EVANS A.V.I.A. Edge (engraved):PRAHRAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN |
| Shape: | Round |
| Material: | Silver |
| Issued By: | Prahran School of Design, Prahran, Victoria, Australia |
| Mint: | Stokes & Martin (Mint), Australia |
| Awarded To: | G. De Lacy Evans, Victoria, Australia, circa 1880 See also NU34637 to de Lacy Evans from Wesley College 1879. |
| Person Depicted: | HM Queen Victoria |
| Organisation Named: | Prahran School of Design |
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