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Dr. Barnardo's Homes Good Conduct and Length of Service Medal

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

ca. 1891

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2853794

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Sir Donald Alexander Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal fonds

Lord Strathcona medals and portraits collection

Lord Strathcona medals collection

Dr. Barnardo's Homes Good Conduct and Length of Service Medal
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Date(s):

ca. 1891

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Place:

Great Britain; Canada ?

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 medal : white metal ; 051.14 gr
Support 51.500 x mm

Language of material:

no language

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For further information as to this work, please consult the medal card catalogue according to the a208 field., This medal has a smooth edge on the surround, obverse and reverse., Obverse image depicts the central figure of a woman in the guise of a classical figure flanked to her right by a kneeling, pleading family of a man, woman and (central figure) boy; and flanked to her left and behind her by older children dressed in labourer's clothes. The scene likely represents the before and after scenario of being received into Dr. Barnardo's Homes., The inscription on the reverse is framed by a crown of laurel leaves., See another version of this medal (copper): medal file no. 03942; accession no. 1986-79-3942.

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Artist: Restall, J.A. active 1891

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Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: A Little History: The hidden stories of children. Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec; 2018.03.29 - 2019.02.10.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: "WHO SO SHALL RECEIVE ONE SUCH LITTLE CHILD IN MY NAME RECEIVETH ME". / J. A. RESTALL [below left leg of kneeling boy], Inscription: reverse: "D[^R]. BARNARDO'S HOMES" / PRESENTED / TO / [blank space] / FOR / GOOD CONDUCT / AND / LENGTH OF SERVICE, Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

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C-151086 : obverse
C-151087 : reverse
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reward

allegory

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Private

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1959-001 X PIC
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Object

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publication

Medals [MED]

[Consultation 90 Open]

3943 Item no. assigned by LAC 19M

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1959-001 X PIC] C-151086--C-151087

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Acc. No. 1959-1-19M / e011185569
Copyright: Expired

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