Description

Victoria, 1837-1901. Silver Medal 1862, 36.07 g. International Exhibition. By C. Schnitzspahn and J. Wiener. Bust, bare. TO THE COMMEMORATION OF HIS LATE R . H . THE PRINCE CONSORT ALBERT. Rv. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1862. In exergue: STAMPED IN THE BUILDING BY h . UHLHORN OF GREVENBROICH . PRUSSIA. Plain edge. 41.3 mm. Eimer 1556. BHM 2743. Augustin 121. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Leicht berieben / Slightly polished.

From the auction Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. 236, Munich, September 2004, lot 3747.

The International Exhibition of 1862, officially the London International Exhibition of Industry and Art, also known as the Great London Exposition, was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington, London, England. The site now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum.

Prince Albert (1819 - 1861), Victoria's husband and son of Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was the initiator of the exhibition. The medal was struck during the exhibition on a minting machine from Uhlhorn, Grevenbroich.