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Ref: 2321

Wales, Cardiff Times Commemoration Medal 1878, silver, awarded at the National Eisteddfod 1879, scarce

 

Obv: conjoined shields of Glamorgan and Wales, Prince of Wales feathers above, CARDIFF TIMES COMMEMORATION PRIZE  around top, below shields the mottoes on ribbands VILLA CARDIFF and CYMRU VU CYMRU VYDD, 1878 between, leek and oak sprigs below

Rev: two muses each side of a druid playing a harp, CYMRU LAN GWLAD Y GAN above

Edge engraved: AWARDED TO D.C.HA [name obscured by suspension loop] ERONWY) FOR THE BEST POEM ON "WALES ". Cardiff National Eisteddfod 1879.

 

Price £125

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