AN ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER PRESENTATION PLAQUE
INDIA, CIRCA 1916
Engraved, one side with "Her Excellency The Lady Carmichael's medal for the best plain sewing Winner Mrs M.F. Jordon 9th Dec. 1916," the other side with a depiction of Mother India (Bharat Mata), inscribed below, Janani janmabhumischa shargwadwapi gariyashi ("Mother and motherland are superior to Heaven") in Sanskrit, Bengali script, enclosed in a case
3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) long, the pendant
5 ¾ in. (14.7 cm) long, the chain
3 oz. 2 dwt. (98.8 gr.)
AN ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER PRESENTATION PLAQUE
INDIA, CIRCA 1916
Engraved, one side with "Her Excellency The Lady Carmichael's medal for the best plain sewing Winner Mrs M.F. Jordon 9th Dec. 1916," the other side with a depiction of Mother India (Bharat Mata), inscribed below, Janani janmabhumischa shargwadwapi gariyashi ("Mother and motherland are superior to Heaven") in Sanskrit, Bengali script, enclosed in a case
3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) long, the pendant
5 ¾ in. (14.7 cm) long, the chain
3 oz. 2 dwt. (98.8 gr.)
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