Bronze Medal with Ribbon
On DisplayMetal Medal with it’s original Cloth Ribbon
Bronze Medal with Ribbon
This medal is likely Bronze in composition.
It has a brass like ring attached to the top of the Medal and a similar Ring utilised to attach the medal to its Ribbon.
The ribbon is contemporary and original. The Ribbon is fashioned with a Blue fabric with two Orange stripes.
It bears on one face the same inscription as the other Publicly available medal as follows:
The Northern Parliament
Opened on the
22nd Day of June 1921.
The Rt Hon Sir James Craig Bart MBE
Prime Minister
City Hall Belfast
The reverse has an embossed Picture of The Ulster Shield complete with Cross of St Patrick, Red Hand, Shield and Crown.
Around the Medal edge encircling the Shield is embossed the following Text :
“To Commemorate
the Opening of the
Northern Parliament”
Owned by Feargal Taggart. On long term Loan to the Eileen Hickey Republican History Museum.