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Award - George V The King's Medal, gilt
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1910 |
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| Composition | Gold plated brass |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Detailed depiction in high relief of the Gothic tomb monument of William of Wykeham in Winchester Cathedral, showing the recumbent effigy of the bishop atop a richly decorated canopied tomb chest with heraldic shields, set against a backdrop of soaring perpendicular Gothic tracery. The engraver's signature 'B. WYON' appears in the lower right field, and the two-line Latin legend with date appears in the exergue below. |
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| Reverse lettering | ETIAM SEPULTI VIVIT FAMA WYKEHAMI OB.MCCCCIV (Translation: Even buried the fame of Wykeham lives Died 1404) |
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