Medal - Plymouth (Burrator Reservoir) ND (1898) front Medal - Plymouth (Burrator Reservoir) ND (1898) back
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Medal - Plymouth Burrator Reservoir ND

1898 year
(White metal) 40 g 44.5 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen
Victoria (1837-1901)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1898
Composition
(White metal)
Weight
40 g
Diameter
44.5 mm
Thickness
3 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#113445
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Lettering in 13 lines, the first and last curved

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PLYMOUTH 21ST SEPR 1898
THE BURRATOR RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTED TO AVERT THE DANGER & HARDSHIP TO WHICH THE TOWN WAS FORMERLY LIABLE, WAS THIS DAY COMPLETED. THIS MEDAL WAS STRUCK TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENT AND IS THE GIFT OF
J. T. BOND MAYOR 1891-1896-1898

Edge

Plain

Comment

Also issued in bronze. Unsigned (by Vaughton).