First prize certificate for 116th Annual Open Brass Band Championship, 1968
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Certificate with graphics of laurels intertwined with brass instruments and musical score topped with piping cherubs and harp. Centre is printed and typed with the text;
AWARD OF MERIT
This is to certify Black Dyke Mills Band was awarded the First Prize in the 116th Annual British Open Brass
Band Championship Contest Belle Vue, Manchester, 7th September 1968, H F R ERIC ILES Chairman, Belle Vue
Category: Certificate
Dimensions: 285 mm x 230 mm, frame OD 310 mm x 255 mm
Materials: paper/ card certificate. Wood and glass frame
Date of Production: 1968
Ownership: Part of Black Dyke Collection 2016
Location: On display in Band room
Artefact ID: BD2016-021
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