Prize Medal for Velocipede Race

Made:
1869 in France
maker:
Bescher, A.
and
Alfred Borrel

Gold-coloured circular metal medal, in green circular case, obverse depicting Napoleon III with inscription ‘NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR’, reverse inscribed ‘VILLE DE ST CLOUD / 1ERES COURSES DE VELOCIPEDES 31 MAI 1868 / 1ER PRIX / James Moore’, engraved by A. Bescher and Alfred Borrel, France, 1869. Won by James Moore.

Details

Category:
Road Transport
Object Number:
2013-175
Materials:
metal (unknown)
Measurements:
overall: 20 mm x 60 mm x 60 mm,
type:
prize medal
credit:
Moore, John