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Inauguration of the Peace Trophy and Scutari Monument at the Crystal Palace, [Sydenham], 1856. Queen Victoria unveils sculptures '...designed by Baron Marochetti...the veil on the south side of the transept being lowered, the model of the "Scutari Monument" made in imitation of granite, with a weeping figure of an angel at each corner, was discovered....[The Peace Trophy] consists of a female figure, about 20 feet in height, clothed in gold and silver tissue. The arms are extended - one hand holding a branch of olive, and in the other some corn, representing peace and plenty. The figure is standing on a beautifully-ornamented and artistic pedestal, between 70 and 80 feet in height, of great solidity...All the soldiers who appeared on the occasion were decorated with Crimean medals...It is estimated that the visitors who attended on the occasion were nearly 12,000 in number'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.