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Award Bigsby Medal, bronze
Location | United
Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown
Dependencies) |
Year | 1876 |
Type | Award medal |
Composition | Bronze |
Weight | 140.8 g |
Diameter | 64 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Edge | Recipient name and date engraved |
Period | |
Notice | Obverse: Alfred Benjamin Wyon Reverse: Joseph Shepherd Wyon, Alfred Benjamin Wyon |
Reference(s) | BHM#3033 , Eimer#1653 , Storer MiN#367 |
Obverse description | Bust of Roderick Murchison left |
Obverse lettering | J. J. BIGSBY M. D. F. R. S.
BIENNIAL PRIZE MEDAL FOUNDED 1876 |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | Starfish |
Reverse lettering | AWARDED BY THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
LONDON
AGELACRINITES DICKSONI
FOUND 1822 CANADA
FOR WORK OF GREAT MERIT |
Reverse script | Latin |
Engraver | Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975) |
Mintage | 1876 - -
|
Catalog ID | 6241694370 |
Comments | |