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Medal - Victorian Rifle Association, Victoria, Australia, pre 1903
Reg. No: NU 20053
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria
Victorian Rifle Association
Married Versus Singles Prize pre 1900 (AD)
Mint: W.J.Taylor, London
Awarded to: Turner, (Private)
Other Details: Victorian Rifle Association prize medal, awarded to Private Turner prior 1903. The prize category was 'married vs single'; Turner was top scorer. The medal was made by W.J. Taylor. William Joseph Taylor, a London medallist and dealer, had tried to set up a mint in Melbourne in the early 1850s and retained links to the city. - Description:
- A silver prize medal (38 mm diameter) with loop attached to edge at top, featuring rifleman kneeling taking aim.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 38 mm (Diameter) |
More information
| Tagged with: | firearms, shooting, sport |
| Themes this item is part of: | Victorian Rifle Association, George McArthur, Collector & Baker (1842-1903), Arms Collection, Leisure Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, W.J.Taylor, Mint, London, United Kingdom |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | sport |
| Series: | Australian Sport Medals |
| DateEra: | pre 1903 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Rifleman taking aim, kneeling & facing left below in small letters the makers name; W.J. TAYLOR. LONDON |
| Reverse Description: | Engraved within a wreath of oak and laurel and below a crown, MARRIED-V-SINGLE / PRIVATE TURNER / TOP SCORER below in small letters the makers name; W.J. TAYLOR. LONDON |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: W.J.TAYLOR. LONDON Reverse (engraved): MARRIED - V - SINGLE PRIVATE TURNER TOP SCORER W.J.TAYLOR LONDON |
| Shape: | Round with loop |
| Material: | Silver |
| Issued By: | Victorian Rifle Association, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Mint: | W.J.Taylor, Mint, London, England, Great Britain |
| Awarded To: | Private Turner, Australia |
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