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).