HERE WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST QUEEN VICTORIA MEDALIONS I HAVE EVER SEEN, STRUCK TO COMMEMORATE THE 1887 JUBILEE, ISSUED BY THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE IN SOUTH KENSINGTON, 3.8 CM IN DIAMETER, STRUCK IN SILVER. ORIGINAL BOX FROM WATERLOW & SONS LTD DIE SINKERS & MEDALISTS LONDON, THE MEDAL SITS IN ITS BOX WITH CARDBOARD AND COTTON WOOL TO PROTECT IT, THE MEDALION HAS SUPERB BLUE TONING. A SUPERB MEDALION IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.....PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS, WE POST WORLDWIDE, SORRY NO BUY IT NOW , I NEVER END MY AUCTIONS EARLY. PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE COINS AND BANKNOTES.................
The Imperial Institute, as it was first known, was established in 1887 as a result of the Colonial and Indian exhibition of 1886, by the governments of the United Kingdom and several of the countries of the British Empire to promote research which would benefit the Empire. Initially this was strongly biased towards scientific research that supported the industrial and commercial development of the dominions and colonies. At this time the UK had a policy of Commonwealth Preference in its trade relations.
The Imperial Institute was from 1893 located in a building on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, designed by T.E. Collcutt and built by John Mowlem & Co from 1887-1894.[1] The 85-metre tower, Queen's Tower off Exhibition Road, is now the last remaining part of the Imperial Institute; the remainder was demolished in the 1950s and 1960s to make way for Imperial College. Originally, there were three copper-roofed Renaissance-style towers, but only one survives.
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