Exhibition Prize Medallion: Patience, Work, God's Grace

Prize medallion; 39 mm in bronze by Amor. 'Patience, Work and God's Grace' on reverse. The Exhibition's motto was 'Patience, Work and God's Grace'. It included auctions, cooking demonstrations, lectures on food and temperance, concerts, dramatic performances, comedies and award ceremonies. The Exhibition received considerable praise. It was free to children, although too expensive for working class women who also faced a rail fare to the venue. One newspaper commented that women touted their wares at the exhibition as if it was a common flea market. Nevertheless, it drew close to 3,000 people each day, and its nett profit of £6,000 financed the Temporary Aid Society, which lent money to women in financial difficulty. Competitive prize medals were struck by Amor in gold, silver and bronze with about 15 gold, and 250 each of silver and bronze.