medal

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Object Type: medal
Museum number: 1979,0517.34
Description: Rectangular struck silvered bronze medal. (whole); Two boys rowing a boat in the foreground, and two longer boats, each with five rowers, in the distance; view of the opposite back of the river in the background. (obverse); An oak, a laurel and a palm branch tied together with a ribbon, and ivy, with a rectangular plaque to right. (reverse)
Producer name: Designed by: Félix Rasumny; Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine: Félix Rasumny; Made by: Messrs A Duseaux
Production date: 1890s-1910s
Production place: Made in: Paris (France)
Materials: bronze; silver
Technique: struck; silvered
Dimensions: Height: 45 millimetres; Width: 60 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For another medal by Rasumny with the same design on the reverse, see 2009,4207.11.
Bibliographic references: Jones 1985 / Acquisitions of Medals (1978-1982) (142, p.46; Pl.45, no.142) (titled 'Rowing prize medal'); British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals 1978 / The Hull Grundy catalogue of medals (57)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: boat race/regatta; rowing
Acquisition name: Donated by: Anne Hull Grundy; Donated by: Prof John Hull Grundy
Acquisition date: 1979
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1979,0517.34

Free entry