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OBJECT TYPE: 1ST PRIZE/330 YD. SCRATCH RACE
DATE: 1892
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1740.001

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 BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.2 cm
Width: 3.8 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: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: AWARDED FOR A RACE RUN IN 1892
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: ENGRAVED `EASTBOURNE/ B.C./ [880] yards Scratch Race/ WON BY/ A.E. GOOD./ Aug./ 1892'
Missing: 1 FLEUR-DE-LIS ORNAMENT MISSING FROM BETWEEN ARMS OF CROSS
Finish: SHINY GOLD-BRASS COLOUR/ SPOT OF GREY-BRONZE ON REVERSE (APPEARS TARNISHED)
Decoration: IN SHAPE SIMILAR TO A RUPERT'S PATY CROSS WITH FLEUR-DE-LIS BETWEEN ARMS OF CROSS/ END OF EACH ARM IS IN SHAPE OF IMPERIAL CROWN/ IN CENTER, ON OBVERSE, IS SHIELD SHAPE, BORDER AROUND IT.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, 1892, Artifact no. 1987.1740, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.1740.001/

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