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OBJECT TYPE: PRIZE/ROAD RACE/7TH PLACE
DATE: 1899
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1694.001

MANUFACTURER: SHARP, W.
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

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.6 cm
Width: 4.9 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: SHARP
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 SERVE AS A PRIZE IN A CYCLING COMPETITION/ CAN ALSO SERVE AS A DECORATIVE & SYMBOLIC ACCESSORY TO WEAR ON CLOTHING
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON FRONT OF MOUNTING `WORLDS MEET'/ ON REVERSE OF MEDAL ENGRAVED `Won by / Percy H. Evans./ ROAD RACE/ 7th Place/ Aug. 12th 1899.'; STAMPED IN `W. SHARP'
Missing: N/A
Finish: SILVER WITH TINGES OF GOLD & BRONZE COLOUR & GREY, PROBABLY AT LEAST SOME OF THESE COLOUR VARIATIONS ARE DUE TO TARNISHING
Decoration: STAR SHAPE - OUTER STAR HAS TREFOIL ARMS, WITH ANOTHER STAR OFFSET OVER IT & CIRCULAR PIECE IN MIDDLE/ IN CIRCULAR PIECE IS ENGRAVING OF PERSON RIDING A BICYCLE, FENCE & TREES IN BACKGROUND/ ROPE BORDER AROUND/ STARS HAVE BORDERS WITHING THEM & SOME CROSS-HATCHING/ MOUNTING IS ROUGHLY CROWN SHAPED, SCALLOPED EDGES

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SHARP, W., Medal, 1899, Artifact no. 1987.1694, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.1694.001/

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