Prize Medal for Velocipede Race

Made:: 1869 in France

maker:: Bescher, A. and Alfred Borrel

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Gold-coloured circular metal medal, in green circular case, obverse depicting Napoleon III with inscription ‘NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR’, reverse inscribed ‘VILLE DE ST CLOUD / 1ERES COURSES DE VELOCIPEDES 31 MAI 1868 / 1ER PRIX / James Moore’, engraved by A. Bescher and Alfred Borrel, France, 1869. Won by James Moore.

Details

Category:: Road Transport

Object Number:: 2013-175

Materials:: metal (unknown)

Measurements:: overall: 20 mm x 60 mm x 60 mm,

type:: prize medal

credit:: Moore, John

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