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Award Pitman Medal, silver
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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| Year | 1894 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Finely modelled bust of Sir Isaac Pitman in left-facing profile, bearded and wearing a coat, occupying the central field. The circumferential legend reads SIR ISAAC PITMAN INVENTOR OF PHONOGRAPHY within a beaded border. The engraver's signature ALLAN WYON SC. is visible in small relief below the truncation. |
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| Reverse description | A laurel wreath tied at the base with a ribbon bow frames the central legend PITMAN'S SCHOOLS in two lines within the field. The outer circular legend reads SECRETARIAL LAW & PRACTICE · 1914 at top and FREDERICK C. BEST. at bottom, indicating the recipient and subject of the award. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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