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Union Club Prize Medal

Medal
1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This medal, made by a medallist called Kiesewiller in Germany, probably Berlin, was issued on the occasion of the First General German Horse Exhibition at Berlin in 1890 as a Prize medal of the Union Club.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleUnion Club Prize Medal (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Medal, silver, Union Club Prize Medal, by Kieseweiller, German (perhaps Berlin), 1890
Physical description
Obverse: Truncated head of a horse and inscribed.
Reverse: Inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 4.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Kiesewiller fec' (obverse)
  • 'ERSTE ALLGEMEINE DEUTSCHE PFERDE AUSSTELLUNG ZU BERLIN 1890' [encircled by a wreath of oak leaves] 'EHRENPREIS VOM UNION CLUB' (reverse)
    Translation
    'first general German Horse Exhibition at Berlin 1890' / 'Union Club Prize'
Object history
Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1980.
Subject depicted
Summary
This medal, made by a medallist called Kiesewiller in Germany, probably Berlin, was issued on the occasion of the First General German Horse Exhibition at Berlin in 1890 as a Prize medal of the Union Club.
Collection
Accession number
A.28-1980

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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