Stock No. 2839	Medway Rowing Club silver prize medal
Victorian sterling silver Medway Rowing Club prize medal presented in 1897. Hallmarked Birmingham 1896. Obverse: Within a shield, a horse rampant facing left. Beneath on scrolled ribbon "MEDWAY ROWING CLUB". Below: 1865. Reverse: "CLUB PAIRS./1897./E.A. GILL./ STROKE." Around the edge, a fruited laurel wreath. Just above the wreath are the Birmingham hallmarks for 1896 and beneath these the maker's mark W & C probably for Warrington & Co. London. Maker :- Warrington & Co

Condition :-Extremely Fine and nicely toned
Hallmarked :- Birmingham 1896
Size :- 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) diameter
The river Medway in south-east England rises in the Weald, flows north-east through Kent via Maidstone and the Medway Towns (Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham) and enters the Thames estuary at Sheerness. Length: 70 miles (113 km).

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