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Award - Victoria Bessemer Medal, 58mm
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Henry Bessemer in left-facing profile, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and beard. The legend HENRY BESSEMER curves around the bust within a beaded border encircling the entire field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A depiction of a Bessemer converter for steel manufacture set within an oval cartouche, surrounded by an elaborate ornamental escutcheon of acanthus leaf scrollwork and decorative foliage in high relief, with a ribbon and bow at the top. The converter is shown resting on a brick base within a hatched background, all contained within the beaded border of the medal. |
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