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Summary:: Australia Victoria South Melbourne
Wesleyan Sunday School Exhibition (pre 1893) medal set in 8-pointed star with loop
Mint: Stokes & Martin

Other Details: Wesleyan Sunday School Exhibition medal, issued before 1893. This exhibition is placed in 1879 by Alfred Chitty in his catalogue of the NGV's Numismatics collection in 1920. Stokes & Martin operated between 1873 and 1893.
Description:: A small medal (22 mm. diameter) featuring aview of the South Melbourne Wesleyan church and details of the exhibition set in a star shaped ornate mount with loop, all gilt. The centre of the reverse is empty and may have been intended for an inscription.
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976

Tagged with:	exhibitions, sunday schools
Themes this item is part of:	Public Life & Institutions Collection, Wesleyan Sunday School, Australia, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, Alfred Chitty Collection
Primary Classification:	MEDALS
Secondary Classification:	Commemorative
Tertiary Classification:	religions
Series:	Australian Exhibition Medals
DateEra:	pre 1893 AD
Obverse Description:	A two storied church; in exergue, STOKES & MARTIN
Reverse Description:	Around on broad rim, S.M.W.S.SCHOOLS . EXHIBITION .
Edge Description:	Plain
Inscriptions:	Obverse: STOKES & MARTIN Reverse: S.M.W.S.SCHOOLS . EXHIBITION .
Shape:	Star
Material:	Gilt
Issued By:	Wesleyan Sunday School, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mint:	Stokes & Martin, Victoria, Australia