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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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