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Summary
| Post medieval or modern medal | |||
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| Photographer |
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2019-08-19 11:07:15 |
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| Title |
Post medieval or modern medal |
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| Description |
English: A possible post medieval to modern bronze commemorative medal or medallion from the Frigate Unicorn, Dundee, which was in service from AD 1824 to 1964. The medal is circular with a sub triangular attachment loop at the top. On one side in the centre there is the bust of a unicorn facing left with mane flowing back as if in motion. Surrounding this is two solid circular borders, containing a repeating rope pattern inside. The outer border has the inscription 'The Frigate Unicorn Dundee'. The other side is decorated with a compass. In the circular section of the compass is a three masted sailing ship facing left, surrounding this there is a border with the inscription 'Made by Wilhelm Farin[...] Projecting out from this section are the points of the compass, seven points and a fleur de lis at the north point. In between each point are long and short triangular shapes. In a circular border around this is the degrees of the compass.
The medal is a light yellow brown colour, and measures 42.7mm in length, 38.6mm in width, 2.5mm in thickness and weighs 19.57g. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire | ||
| Date | between 1824 and 1964 | ||
| Accession number |
FindIdentifier: 967229 |
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| Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1069082 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1069082/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/967229 |
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| Permission (Reusing this file) |
Attribution License | ||
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Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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| current | 07:04, 7 December 2020 | | 5,951 × 3,433 (6.81 MB) | Fæ | Portable Antiquities Scheme, BUC, FindID: 967229-1069082, post medieval, page 1590, batch count 7074 |
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