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Award - Victoria Baly Medal

Location United Kingdom
Year 1870
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Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
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Obverse description Bare-headed bust of William Baly facing slightly left, rendered in high relief within a polished field. The surrounding legend arcs from lower left to lower right, with a small engraver's signature visible at the lower right of the bust.
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Reverse description Detailed frontal elevation of the Royal College of Physicians, London, depicting a neoclassical facade with a prominent Ionic colonnade, triangular pediment, and flanking arched windows, all in finely engraved relief. The architect's attribution reads SIR R. SMIRKE R.A. ARCHTY. at lower left and J.S. & A.B. WYON SC. at lower right, with the institutional legend appearing in two lines in the lower field below the building.
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Reverse lettering OB PHYSIOLOGIAM FELICITER EXCULTAM COLL. REC. MED. LOND.
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