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Medal - Federation of Australian Commonwealth, Victoria, Australia, 1901
Reg. No: NU 20910
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria Melbourne
To Commemorate the Federation of the Colonies 1901 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Other Details: The Federation of the colonies in 1901 to form the Commonwealth of Australia was an occasion for celebration and national pride. Numerous medals were produced, often to be worn at special Federation events. - Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 58 mm (Height), 32 mm (Width) |
| Dimension Comment: | 32 * 58 |
More information
| Tagged with: | australian federation 1901, iconography |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, Wannenmacher Collection, HRH King George V (1865-1936), HRH King George V (1865-1936), HM Queen Mary (1867-1953) |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | australian federation |
| Series: | Australian Commemorative Medals |
| DateEra: | 1901 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Conjoined busts left; around, THEIR R.H. THE DUK[E A]ND DUTCHESS OF YORK (holed at 12 through legend |
| Reverse Description: | Young Australia accompanied by Kangaroo shakes hands with seated Britannia accompanied by lion. Sailing ship and lighthouse in background. around, TO COMMEMORATE THE FEDE[RAT]ION OF THE COLONIES 1901. |
| Edge Description: | Plain - brass Australian Arms attached through hole at 12 |
| Inscriptions: | Plain - brass Australian Arms attached through hole at 12 (edge) Conjoined busts left; around, THEIR R.H. THE DUK[E A]ND DUTCHESS OF YORK (holed at 12 through legend (obverse) Young Australia accompanied by Kangaroo shakes hands with seated Britannia accompanied by lion. Sailing ship and lighthouse in background. around, TO COMMEMORATE THE FEDE[RAT]ION OF THE COLONIES 1901.(reverse) |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | White metal |
| Issued By: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Person Depicted: | HRH George Duke of Cornwall & York, Australia |
| Person Depicted: | King George V |
| Person Depicted: | HRH Mary Duchess of Cornwall & York |
| References: | Car.1901/36 |
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