Object Detail
Description
medal
Ian Armstrong was President of the Victorian Antique Dealers Guild Inc. and held the E.W. Cole Award as 'Australia's Greatest Collector'. His collection, which he believes to be 'the second largest in the world', includes penny farthings, Georgian shoe buckles, candle snuffers, shoe horns, Toby jugs and old portraits.
After graduating from the University of Melbourne Armstrong became the third generation to join the family shoe retailing business. While running a large business he also ran an extensive cattle stud on the Victoria peninsula and built up his collection.
Armstrong and his collection have featured many times in the media; he also played Mulga Bill in Banjo's Australia on Network 10.
Ian Armstrong was Victorian of the Year in 1988, the year of the Bicentennary. He personally commemorated the honour by having a medal struck, one of which he presented to the Museum. He received the Order of Australia Medal in 1990.
Ian Armstrong was President of the Victorian Antique Dealers Guild Inc. and held the E.W. Cole Award as 'Australia's Greatest Collector'. His collection, which he believes to be 'the second largest in the world', includes penny farthings, Georgian shoe buckles, candle snuffers, shoe horns, Toby jugs and old portraits.
After graduating from the University of Melbourne Armstrong became the third generation to join the family shoe retailing business. While running a large business he also ran an extensive cattle stud on the Victoria peninsula and built up his collection.
Armstrong and his collection have featured many times in the media; he also played Mulga Bill in Banjo's Australia on Network 10.
Ian Armstrong was Victorian of the Year in 1988, the year of the Bicentennary. He personally commemorated the honour by having a medal struck, one of which he presented to the Museum. He received the Order of Australia Medal in 1990.
Maker and role
maker: unknown
Production place
Australia
Production date
Jan 1988
Media description
brass
Measurements
51 mm
Inscriptions
rectro Victorian of the Year 1988 * Ian Armstrong * 27 Jan 1988 / verso Armstrong Shoe Mart * Australia * 1988
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell.
Accession number
TRP2020.0285
TJC reference number
5767
