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Medal - Burns Festival

Medal - Burns Festival - obverseMedal - Burns Festival - reverse

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Features

Location Scotland (United Kingdom)
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year 1844
Composition Pewter
Diameter 49 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
561314
References BHM# 2159
Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Burns Festival

Obverse

Bust of Robert Burns facing three-quarters left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TO COMMEMORATE THE GRAND FESTIVAL IN HONOUR OF THE GENIUS OF BURNS
ON THE BANKS OF DOON
AUGUST 6TH 1844.

Reverse

Elevation of bridge

Script: Latin

Lettering:
'NOW DO THY SPEEDY UTMOST MEG"
"AND WIN THE KEY-STANE OF THE BRIG"
PUBLISHD BY S.WOOLFIELD
28 BUCHANAN STREET
GLASGOW.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1844 

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