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Award Scholarship Medal
| Location | Straits Settlements |
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| Year | 1862 |
| Type | Award medal |
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| Obverse description | Crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left in high relief, wearing a jewelled diadem, with flowing hair arranged in a bun. The encircling legend is rendered in Fraktur blackletter script, with the engraver's signature 'J.S. WYON SC' visible in the lower field below the truncation. |
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| Reverse description | A royal crown surmounts an open laurel wreath tied at the base with a ribbon bow, enclosing the central legend 'SCHOLARSHIP MEDAL' flanked above and below by decorative fleur-de-lis ornaments and rules. The circular border legend reads 'PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS' in raised Roman capitals. |
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| Reverse lettering | PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SCHOLARSHIP MEDAL |
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