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Medals & Decorations

The Ashmolean Museum has a very good collection of British historical medals, dating from the Tudor period to the present day, with particularly high concentrations for the 18th and 19th centuries. Its continental and world holdings are very diverse, with some particularly significant medals of the Italian Renaissance; Germany and the Low Countries in the Renaissance and Baroque age; the papacy; etc. The decorations are mostly British and date from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.

British historical medal (HCR162056)

Period

Modern

Person

J.S. & A.B. Wyon, William Wyon, J. A. Restall

Dating

1891

Obverse

THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH / AFTER W. WYON R. A. J. A. RESTALL, St George and the dragon left

Reverse

YOUNG MENS' CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE / INDUSTRIAL / 309 / REGENT ST. / POLYTECHNIC / LONDON / EXHIBITION, inscription in central cartouche; around, Greek temple, leaves, instruments of music, art, and science

British historical medal - 75th birthday of Joseph Moore (HCR162057)

Period

Modern

Person

J. Moore

Dating

1891

Obverse

JOSEPH MOORE, draped bust of Joseph Moore facing, head turned three-quarters left

Reverse

THIS MEDAL / WAS ENGRAVED, / AT / THE EARNEST REQUEST / OF HIS FAMILY / AND MANY FRIENDS, / BY JOSEPH MOORE / IN HIS 75ₜₕ YEAR / 1891, inscription

British badge (HCR162058)

Period

Modern

Person

Gurney & Son

Dating

1891

Obverse

HUNZA NAGAR 1891, view of fort among mountains; in foreground, soldiers, one of whom leads the charge

British historical medal (HCR162059)

Period

Modern

Person

Pinches

Dating

1891

Obverse

head of Apollo, right, with cithara behind

Reverse

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC / ALICE N. REES / ELOCUTION / 1891 / INSTITUTED 1822, inscription within wreath

British historical medal (HCR162060)

Period

Modern

Dating

1891

Obverse

head of Apollo, right, with cithara behind

British historical medal (HCR162061)

Period

Modern

Person

A. Wyon

Dating

1891

Obverse

ALLAN WYON, female allegorical figure (probably Minerva) sitting on plinth, left, among beehive (symbolising Industry), wheel, cithara, palette, bust said to be of Homer, Greek temple, carrying a spindle; artist's name in exergue

Reverse

decorative border with wreath

British historical medal (HCR162062)

Period

Modern

Person

Messrs Spink & Son Ltd.

Dating

1891

Obverse

LONDON / CₒVNTY / CₒVNCIL ATHLETIC / ASSₒCIATIₒN / SPINK & SON, male nude discus-thrower, after the classical statue (Discobolus by Myron), preparing to release

Reverse

FₒRTES / FₒRTVNA / JUVAT, wreath of flowers including thistles; crown above inscription

British historical medal (HCR162063)

Period

Modern

Person

Messrs Spink & Son Ltd., F. A. R.

Dating

1891

Obverse

CLARIORA / SEQUOR / DUC ME / SEQUAR, male nude figure, kneeling, reaches out to veiled female figure, leading, with a torch guiding the way, among rockfaces

Reverse

SPINK & SON, wreath