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Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is a gilt copper medal made in England, and signed "G. G. Adams." This medal is impressed on one side only with a profile head of the late Duke of Cambridge.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gilt copper
Brief description
Medal, depicting the head of the Duke of Cambridge, English
Physical description
Impression of one side only. Profile head of the late Duke of Cambridge.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 2.375in
Marks and inscriptions
  • "F. M., H. R. H. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, K. G., 45 years Col. of the Coldstream Guards"
  • "G. G. Adams" (signed)
Credit line
Given by W. Fleming, F.R.C.S.E.
Subject depicted
Summary
This is a gilt copper medal made in England, and signed "G. G. Adams." This medal is impressed on one side only with a profile head of the late Duke of Cambridge.
Bibliographic reference
List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1877, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O. p. 159.
Collection
Accession number
1788-1877

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Record createdDecember 2, 2008
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