Great Britain: Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee / Clasped Hands Across the Sea
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Form:
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Circular. White metal medal holed at 12 o’clock
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By:
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W.O. Lewis, Birmingham. |
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Date:
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1887 |
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Ref:
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BHM: 3256; Laidlaw: 0863;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 45.4 mm | Copper-Bronze | 39.9 gm | $55 | | 45.5 mm | White Metal | 30.3 gm | $20 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Within a circular toothed border, veiled and diademed head of Queen Victoria, left. Outside the border, legend on a raised band: “VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANIAR: REG: F: D:”
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Reverse:
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Clasped hands (right royal, left commoner) above sea with radiant sun on horizon. On a ribbon above: “FRATERNITY”. Signed below the exergue line: “W. O. LEWIS (left) BIRMH. (right)”. In the exergue, radiant Queen's crown above: “1837 1887”. Legend: “IN COMMEMORATION OF THE JUBILEE REIGN OF H.G.M. QUEEN VICTORIA”. At the foot of the bronze medal: "COPYRIGHT". At the foot of the WM medal: “.RD. 58147.”
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Notes:
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The example of the white metal medal here has been privately blackened and highlighted with gilding.
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