Medal, Germany, 1865
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1865
Medal, Germany, 1865 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1865. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, bronze, Germany, 1865. Museum description: Medal, bronze, cast, front with two busts of a male and female facing right, with cast inscription encircling; reverse shows coat of arms with three crowns in upper section and eleven repeated unidentified motif in lower section; coat of arms is supported by griffin on left and lion on right.
The museum record gives material recorded as Bronze; measurements Height 4 mm; Diameter 50 mm; place associated: Germany. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Height 4 mm; Diameter 50 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Bronze, cast
- Place recorded
- Germany
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- INTERNATIONALE AUSSTELLUNG KRONPRINZ FRIEDRICH WILHELM V PREUSSEN PROTECTOR' (cast onto front), 'GESELLSCHAFT FLORA ZU COELN UNTER DEM PROTECTORATE DER KOENIGIN AUGUSTA / 1865' (cast onto reverse); '15881' (printed in black on white label).
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- WE.12873-2014
- Museum system number
- O1787205
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.