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Medal - Victoria Royal Polytechnic Institution
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1840 |
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| Composition | Pewter |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, in right-facing profile, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The peripheral legend reads ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON, with the engraver's name STOTHARD inscribed below the truncation. |
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| Reverse description | Plain field bearing the three-line inscription TO GREAT MEN at centre, enclosed within an open laurel wreath tied at the base. The peripheral legend ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION arcs around the upper portion, with LONDON. at the base below the wreath. |
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| Reverse lettering | ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION TO GREAT MEN LONDON. |
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