An International Fisheries Exhibition 1883 silver medal

by Pinches, 46.9g, housed in fitted gilt tooled morocco case

Dimensions: 4.5cm diameter

Note: The International Fisheries Exhibition was a Victorian era scientific, cultural, and animal exhibition held in South Kensington, London, from May 12^th to October 31^st, 1883. It was one of the many world’s fairs that took place during the era, and was the largest special event held in the world to that point.

It attracted 2.6 million visitors, an average of 18,545 per day, with the busiest day being 15^th May – the official visitor count being over 25,000.