Whitnash Industrial Exhibition Medal

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Date:16th of November 1865

Description:

Birmingham bronze medal, c.1865


Diameter 40mm


Medal struck to celebrate the Whitnash Industrial Exhibition on 16 November 1865. The obverse features the inscription 'WHITNASH/ INDUSTRIAL/ EXHIBITION/ ST MARGARET'S DAY/ 1865' and the reverse features a view of Whitnash church with the inscription 'ORA ET LABORA', Latin for 'Pray and Work', below. Above the Latin inscription is the name of the maker 'J. MOORE. E: BIRM' (Birmingham).

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Donor ref:LEAMG : M432.1919 (66/16404)

Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum

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