R.M.A. Woolwich and R.M.C. Sandhurst athletics prize medal, silver, 1897
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1897
This silver athletic prize medal, measuring 50mm in diameter, was awarded for cricket in 1897. The obverse features the combined heraldic shields of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, surrounded by the inscription 'Athletics, R.M.A.
Woolwich and R.M.C. Sandhurst' and the respective military mottos 'Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt' and 'Vires Acquirit Eundo'. The reverse is engraved with the commemorative details: 'Cricket H. H. C. Baird. (Captain.) 1897', set within an encircling laurel wreath tied with a bow. The medal is presented in its original fitted case of issue from the maker, Tyler, London. This piece serves as a physical record of the athletic achievements of Henry Hume Chisholm Baird, who was later commissioned into the East Kent Regiment and received the Distinguished Service Order for his service during the Boer War.
The medal reflects the prestige of early sporting excellence within the British military educational institutions at the end of the 19th century.
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Physical characteristics
- Case
- fitted Tyler, London, case of issue
- Diameter
- 50mm
- Material
- silver
Design
- Obverse
- Combined heraldic shields of R.M.A. Woolwich and R.M.C. Sandhurst, text 'ATHLETICS R.M.A. WOOLWICH AND SANDHURST', and mottos 'Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt' and 'Vires Acquirit Eundo'
- Reverse
- Engraved 'Cricket H. H. C. Baird. (Captain.) 1897.' within a laurel wreath
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Tyler, London
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.