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OBJECT TYPE: UNENGRAVED
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1726.001

MANUFACTURER: RIVER, H.O.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SILVER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 3.7 cm
Width: 2.6 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: RIVER
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION
Function: PROBABLY INTENDED AS A PRIZE IN A CYCLING COMPETITION
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON EDGE STAMPED `ARGENT'/ ON REVERSE EMBOSSED `[HO]RIVER'/ SMALL ENGRAVING ON OBVERSE IS ILLEGIBLE
Missing: N/A
Finish: SILVER & SHADES OF GREY - VARIED DUE TO TARNISHING
Decoration: OBVERSE: IN MIDDLE IS BLANK CIRCULAR AREA WITH BLANK RESTANGLE BELOW/ TO ONE SIDE IS WINGED FEMALE FIGURE (VICTORY?) HOLDING UP A BRANCH; ON OTHER SIDE IS MAN RIDING A BICYCLE/ REVERSE: BUST OF MAN WITH WINGED HELMET ON

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RIVER, H.O., Medal, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.1726, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1726.001/

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