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Medal for W.G. Grace's fiftieth birthday, 1898



Date:
1898
Object Number:
M.1898.1
Creator
Joseph Moore
Material
silver
Object name
medal medal
Object category
coins and medals

Description

Celebrated at Lord's Ground with a Gentlemen v Players Match, on July 18 to 20 1898. On one side is a relief figure of Grace at wicket. The engraving is taken after the Archibald Stuart-Wortley portrait of Grace. Above is inscribed: 'W.G.G. B. July 18, 1848.' On the reverse is the MCC monogram at the top, text below reads 'Gentlemen vs Players A Lilley Lord's July 18, 1920 1898'.
Association:
William Gilbert Grace
Related objects:
TN.2008.2321 : Portrait of William Gilbert Grace