Object number
89/55
Description
Certificate of Merit' from the Chiddingfold & District Ploughing Society, presented by Ransomes Sims & Jefferies to T. Hope in 1937.
A framed 'Certificate of Merit' from the Chiddingfold & District Ploughing Society, presented by Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Ltd. to T. Hope on 25 September 1937 for first prize in class 3. The certificate is very colourful, with a design of wheat, poppies and cornflowers, and roundels containg black and white photographs of farming scenes.
Physical description
1 certificate: paper
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: CERTIFICATE // Accession number: 89/55 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 14.2.89 // Description: Coloured certificate with a design of wheat, poppies and cornflowers. Fine roundels depicting in black & white farming scenes and the Ransomes shield of medals. Royal crest at the tops. // Inscription: Ploughing Society Certificate of Merit // Awarded to T. Hope 1st Prize in Class 3 // 25th September 1937 Chiddingfold & District // Won with Ransomes Plough // Dimensions: Print: 50 x 39 cm. Frame: Brown & Gold 58 x 46 cm // Associated information: Presented by Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Ltd. Ipswich and Grantham. // Mr Hope worked on the Middleton Estate. // References: See correspondence '
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1937 - 1937
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