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OBJECT TYPE: COMMEMORATIVE/BICYCLE TOURNEMENT
DATE: 1883
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1677.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, PROBABLY NICKEL PLATED, WITH BRASS PIN

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 4.9 cm
Width: 3.6 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION
Function: TO COMMEMORATE AN EVENT, IN THIS CASE A BICYCLE TOURNEMENT, & TO SERVE AS A SOUVENIR OF THIS EVENT & OF A TOWN
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ALL MKGS. IN RAISED LETTERING/ OBVERSE: `BICYCLE TOUNAMENT/ SEPT. 18-19-20/ 1883'/ REVERSE: `SPRINGFIELD/ ORGANIZED A TOWN MAY 14, 1656. O.S. A CITY MAY 25, 1852.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: SILVER WITH AREAS TARNISHED TO GREY & DARK GREY WITH A SLIGHT BRASSY TONE IN PLACES/ PIN IS BRASS COLOUR
Decoration: OBVERSE: BUST OF MAN WITH BEARD/ REVERSE: ORNAMENTAL SHIELD WITH SCROLLWORK AROUND EDGES, CONTAINS PICTURES OF HOUSES, HARBOUR ETC.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, 1883, Artifact no. 1987.1677, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.1677.001/

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