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ID number:  BIRRC-H0074
Institution:  Research and Cultural Collections
Named collection:  University Heritage Collection
Title / Object name:  Nobel Prize Medal awarded to Galsworthy
Object type:  Medal
Materials:  Gold
Measurements:  6.5 x 0.3 cm
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Gold medal, inscribed on both sides. (Obverse) Raised relief with a head looking to the left, inscription ‘ALFR. NOBEL. NAT MDCCXXXIII OB.MDCCCXCVI’. (Reverse) Two figures in raised relief, one is a female holding a lyre shown standing next to a seated male, who has writing equipment on one knee, inscription reads ‘INVENTAS.VITAM.IVVAT EXCOLUISSE PER.ARTES. J.GALSWORTHY MCMXXXII’.

Inscriptions / Translations:  ‘ALFR. NOBEL. NAT MDCCXXXIII OB.MDCCCXCVI’. (Reverse) Two figures in raised relief, one is a female holding a lyre shown standing next to a seated male, who has writing equipment on one knee, inscription reads ‘INVENTAS.VITAM.IVVAT EXCOLUISSE PER.ARTES. J.GALSWORTHY MCMXXXII’.

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