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Medal - Gala Day, Geelong, Australia, 1917
Reg. No: NU 20944
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria Geelong
Gala Day, Geelong, Nov. 2 1917 (AD)
Mint: Stokes & Sons
Other Details: Medal issued for Gala Day in Geelong, held on 2 November 1917. It depicts George V and exhorts people to 'remember our heroes'. - Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 39 mm (Height), 31 mm (Width) |
| Dimension Comment: | Height is with loop extended |
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| Tagged with: | wars conflicts, world war i 1914-1918 |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, HRH King George V (1865-1936), Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | military history |
| Series: | Australian Commemorative medals |
| DateEra: | 1917 AD |
| Obverse Description: | The medal is struck on a cross-shaped blank, at the centre of the cross within a line circ;e, head of George V bare facinl left; around on the arms of the cross, REMEMBER OUR HEROES 1917 |
| Reverse Description: | NOV. / 2ND. / GALA DAY / GEELONG / 1917 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Shape: | cross |
| Material: | Gilt |
| Issued By: | Australia, 1917 |
| Mint: | Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1917 |
| Person Depicted: | King George V, 1917 |
| References: | Car. 1917/3 |
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