Melbourne Cricket Club country membership badge, season 1946/47
Object Type
Trophies and awards/Medal/Medallion/Membership
Date Used
1946-1947
1946
1947
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Tear-drop-shaped metal MCC membership medallion with gilt as well as red, blue and white enamel decoration. MCC emblem debossed in gold on white at centre, surmounted on red enamel which reads, "46 / 47", all surrounded by an inscription on blue, reads, "MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB". Gilt detail. Inscription embossed on reverse reads, "SEASON ENDS / 31ST. AUG.1947 / COUNTRY", and in centre is debossed the membership number, "C 756". Below is embossed, "NOT / TRANSFERABLE", and bears a hallmark, "K.G. LUKE MELB". Hole at top with suspension ring attached.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 35 W: 29 D: 1mm (H: 1 3/8 W: 1 1/8 D: 1/16")
Date Used
1946-1947
1946
1947
1946
1947
Location
In storage
Registration No
1987.1712.15
Credit Line
Anonymously donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum in 1987
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