Medal awarded to a Scottish athlete at an event at the 1889 Paris Exhibition,gilt cross medal with lobed decoration, navy ribbon and French tricolour enamelled bar, with Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales country emblems, obverse engraved MEDAILLE D’HOMME UR D’ATHLETES ECOSSAIS, reverse ADJUCGEE A PARIS 1889 DRUMMOND STIRLING, length 9.5cm. The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a world's fair held in Paris to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille. It attracted more than 32 million visitors and the Eiffel Tower was one of many famous structures created especially for the occasion.
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£50 - £70
Medal awarded to a Scottish athlete at an event at the 1889 Paris Exhibition,gilt cross medal with lobed decoration, navy ribbon and French tricolour enamelled bar, with Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales country emblems, obverse engraved MEDAILLE D’HOMME UR D’ATHLETES ECOSSAIS, reverse ADJUCGEE A PARIS 1889 DRUMMOND STIRLING, length 9.5cm. The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a world's fair held in Paris to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille. It attracted more than 32 million visitors and the Eiffel Tower was one of many famous structures created especially for the occasion.