fme_812298 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille de récompense
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Type : Médaille de récompense
Date: 1840
Mint name / Town : Royaume-Uni, Glasgow
Metal : silver
Diameter : 55,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,07 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille anciennement nettoyée, à la patine sombre et hétérogène. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : THIS MEDAL / WAS AWARDED TO / SUSAN KIRBY. / FOR ABILITY AND / GOOD CONDUCT.
Obverse description : Légende gravée en 5 lignes.
Reverse
Reverse legend : I.ST CLASS. / 58.TH REG.T SCHOOL / FIRST PREMIUM / GLASGOW. / DEC.R 1840..
Reverse description : Légende gravée en 5 lignes.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 45,5 mm.
La médaille a été décernée à Susan Kirby en 1840.
La médaille a été décernée à Susan Kirby en 1840.
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA
(20/06/1837-22/01/1901)
Victoria (1819-1901) was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, and granddaughter of George III. She succeeded her uncle Guillaume IV in 1837 and married her cousin Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg in 1840, against her mother's advice. She had nine children by him but became a widow in 1861. While respecting the rules of the parliamentary system, she tried to impose her views in the field of foreign affairs. Her favourite, Disraeli, had her given the title of Empress of India in 1876. Respected and loved, active and authoritarian, Victoria appeared in her time as the symbol of imperialist England. His reign marks the height of British power.
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