fme_960339 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille, General Agricultural Association of Ayrshire
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Type : Médaille, General Agricultural Association of Ayrshire
Date: 1900
Metal : silver
Diameter : 45,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 37,89 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, légèrement irisée au revers. Traces d’un léger nettoyage. Petite usure. Présence de quelques rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Représentation de trois animaux (vache, mouton et laie) au milieu d’un prés, bâtiment (ferme avec cheminée d’usine) à l’arrière plan. Agriculteur en train de tirer la charrue avec ses deux chevaux et une fermière portant un pot à lait sur sa tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENERAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF AYRSHIRE - INST. MDCCCXXXV // -WON BY- / WILLIAM HUNTER ESQ / 2.ND PRIZE / FOR TON OF CHEESE / OCTOBER SHOW / -1900-.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et gravée en 5 lignes dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Médaille décernée à William Hunter pour un second prix de “ton of cheese”.
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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