General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

8.3 cm

Width

4.6 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

MCFEE

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Belleville

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1890

Canada

IN 1880S & 1890S, BICYCLE RACES & MEETS WERE FREQUENTLY HELD BY CYCLING CLUBS & OTHER GROUPS IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE, PRODUCTS OF CYCLING CRAZE OF THAT ERA. THIS ITEM ALSO IS PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION.

Function

PIECE OF SHAPED & INSCRIBED METAL INTENDED TO BE WORN ON CLOTHING, WHICH SERVED AS PRIZE IN CYCLING COMPETITION.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED LETTERING ON FRONT READS "90/ 1OO MILE" WITH INCISED "2ND PRIZE"/ INCISED LETTERING ON BACK READS "A. McFEE/ BELLEVILLE", "WON BY/ D.A. GIBSON/ AT G.T.R. FIRE BRIGADE/ DEMONSTRATION/ Belleville/ AUG. 27 1890"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

SILVER COLOURED

Decoration

MEDAL CONSISTS OF AMULET HALF ENCIRCLED BY WREATH, SUSPENDED FROM BAR WHICH IS SUSPENDED BY CHAINS FROM UPPER BAR/ FRONT OF AMULET INCISED WITH ILLUSTRATION OF MAN & ORDINARY BICYCLE IN RURAL SETTING/LOWER BAR HS BULBOUS ENDS/ UPPER BAR HASCURVED EDGES & RAISED BAND AROUND EDGE