Medway Rowing Club silver prize medal
1896 London
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Victorian sterling silver Medway Rowing Club prize medal presented in 1897. Hallmarked Birmingham 1896. Obverse: Within a shield, a horse rampant facing left. Beneath on scrolled ribbon "MEDWAY ROWING CLUB". Below: 1865. Reverse: "CLUB PAIRS./1897./E.A. GILL./ STROKE." Around the edge, a fruited laurel wreath. Just above the wreath are the Birmingham hallmarks for 1896 and beneath these the maker's mark W & C probably for Warrington & Co. London.
The river Medway in south-east England rises in the Weald, flows north-east through Kent via Maidstone and the Medway Towns (Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham) and enters the Thames estuary at Sheerness. Length: 70 miles (113 km).
The river Medway in south-east England rises in the Weald, flows north-east through Kent via Maidstone and the Medway Towns (Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham) and enters the Thames estuary at Sheerness. Length: 70 miles (113 km).
Extremely Fine and nicely toned
Dimensions
| Diameter | 1.50 | (3.81 cm) |
Stock Code
2839
Medium
Hallmarked :- Birmingham 1896