Beschreibung

Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold Medal 1884, 58.56 g. International Health Exhibition. By L. C. Wyon, reverse after L. C. Day. Bust, diademed and veiled. VICTORIA REGINA. Rv. A globe, bearing the fruits of the world, flanked by HEALTH, holding a serpent, and EDUCATION, holding a wreath. THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION. In exergue: LONDON 1884. Plain edge. 45.5 mm. Eimer 1704. BHM 3175. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Kleine Randfehler / Minor edge flaws.

From the auction Heidelberger Münzhandlung 31, Heidelberg, December 2000, lot 277.

The International Health Exhibition was one of a series of international exhibitions held in South Kensington, London, in the 1880s under the patronage of Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales. Four million people visited the 1884 exhibition. The exhibition's motto was "From labour health, from health contentment springs".

Around 254 of these medals were struck in gold, 538 in silver and 820 in bronze, and were awarded to exhibitors in various classes.