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OBJECT TYPE: COMMEMORATIVE/CLUB MEET
DATE: 1897
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1059.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: CANADIAN WHEELMENS ASSOCIATION
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: NON-FERROUS METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 5.5 cm
Width: 4.0 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: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1897
Canada: CANADIAN WHEELMEN'S ASSOCIATION HAD ITS FIRST ANNUAL MEET IN LONDON, ONT. IN 1882. IN 1880S & 1890S, BICYCLE CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS WITH THEIR INSIGNIA, UNIFORMS, MEETS ETC. WERE WIDESPREAD IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE, PRODUCTS OF CYCLING CRAZE OF THAT ERA.
Function: PIECE OF SHAPED & INSCRIBED METAL INTENDED TO BE WORN ON CLOTHING AS DECORATION & IN ORDER TO COMMEMORATE BICYCLE MEET.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RAISED LETTERING ON FRONT READS "SOUVENIR", "C.W.A./ MEET/ 1897/ CHATHAM/ ONTARIO/ JULY1-4"
Missing: PIN
Finish: GOLD PAINTED
Decoration: MEDAL CONSISTS OF STAR SHAPED AMULET ENCIRCLED BY WREATH, SUSPENDED FROM BAR/ AMULET CONTAINS RAISED ILLUSTRATION OF SAFETY BICYCLE

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, circa 1897, Artifact no. 1995.1059, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.1059.001/

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