NAM.1978-03-13-1

Tug-of-war medal awarded at the Grand Military Tournament, Glasgow, Dumbartonshire Volunteers, 1893. Bronze, suspended upon a loose ring passing through another loose ring through which passes a corded silk ribbon, with equal stripes from left to right of blue, red and green. Ribbon suspended from a bar bearing a bronze clasp. Design and inscription in relief within a raised border on both sides. Obverse: A depiction of an officer of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), standing upon a ground. At the base of the medal, a shield bearing a depiction of St Andrew superimposed upon a saltire. Reverse: A depiction of an officer of the Dumbartonshire Volunteers. At the base of the medal a shield bearing in relief an elephant with a howdah superimposed upon a saltire.