Physical description

Object. Oval shaped silver medal with suspension ring.
Obverse: 19th Century City of Bendigo -Coat of Arms. Reverse: Around edge ''COUNTY OF BENDIGO AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY''. Across the top: ''AWARDED TO''. Engraved below: ''2nd PRIZE POST & HEAD PRACTICE MILITARY TOURNAMENT 1885''.
Ian Nunn received the medal from Miss Code when he was 12 years old, believing it belonged to her father Colonel Code who lived at Longlea.
Miss Code lived on the family farm on the bankd of the Axe Creek.Ian used to collect the mail and newspaper for Miss Code, who paid him two shillings a week. She gave the medal to Ian as a thnk you.
Ian believes that Miss Code's father was in charge of the military escorts between Bendigo and Heathcote.


OBITUARY. DEATH OF MR. B. CODE.

Article - Bendigonian (Bendigo, Vic. : 1914 - 1918)Tuesday 15 December 1914 - Page 20

Obituary.

Article - The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser (Heathcote, Vic. : 1863 - 1918)Thursday 10 December 1914 - Page 2