1862 AD., Great Britain, International Exhibition, White Metal Medal.

Great Britain, International Exhibition Medal, by Dowler, Birmingham, 1862 AD.,
White Metal Medal ( 52mm / 42,36 g),
Obv.: THE MIGHT OF INDUSTRY THE GLORY OF PEACE / THE CRYSTAL PALACE / SYDENHAM / DOWLER - BIRMm , view of the expo bulding.
Rev.: THE BUILDING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / (SOUTH FRONT VIEW) / OPENED MAY !st / 1862 // COVERS A SPACE OF 26 ACRES LENGTH 1200 FT. / WIDTH 700 FT, HEIGHT 100 FT, NAVE 85 FT WIDE / THE BUILDING IS OF BRICK. THE DOMES / ARE OF IRON AND GLASS. HEIGHT 250 FT. / AND 160 FT DIAM: AT BASE. / (THE LARGEST DOMES EVER ERECTED) / COST £ 300´000. , view of the expo building, south front, with statistics..
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The Exhibition was intended as a tenth anniversary of the Great Exhibition (1851), but was delayed by the outbreak of war in Italy. On 1st May 1862 the Duke of Cambridge opened it on behalf of Queen Victoria (now in mourning after the recent death of Prince Albert). The Exhibition was held on what is now the site of the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Royal Albert Hall (formerly all part of the 86-acre Kensington Gore estate, bought by the Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition).