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Medal commemorating United States Military Academy 1802 - 1952
Obverse description : Arms of U.S. Military Academy. Reverse description .: Torch of learning, laurel and sword. Legend: United States Military Academy 1802-1952 Sesquicentennial. Also included in case is a descriptive leaflet.
Medal commemorating The University of Glasgow 1451 - 1951
Obverse description: Glasgow University arms, inscription above: UNIV. GLASG. MCCCCLI - MDCCCCLI Reverse description: head of Pope crowned. Legend round: NICOLAUS PONT, MAX. UNIV. GLASG. CONDIT. A.D. VII 10 JAN. A.S. MCCCCLI
Cast bronze medal produced by The Royal Society of Tasmania in 1988 to commemorate the Joseph Banks Memorial Lecture. It features a bust of Banks on one side, the H.M.S. 'Beagle' under sail, a banksia and a lizard on the other. It is number 43 of a limited edition of 150 designed by Tasmanian sculptor Stephen Walker.
Medal comemorating the Tasmania's 150th Anniversary 1952-4 Silver alloy, 69 mm diameter in plastic case. Obverse description: Tasmanian Arms, 1803-05 at top, 1953-54 below. Legend round: Tasmania commemorates the 150th Anniversary of British settlement. Reverse description : outline map of Tasmania bearing British flag, in wavy sea. Legend round: University of Tasmania, Scientific and Industrial Exhibition Jan. 1954.
Silver medal commemorating 150th Anniversary of the Death of Friedrich von Schiller 1955. Engraved by Alfons Feuerle. Minted in Stuttgart, Germany. Obverse Lettering: BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 5 DEUTSCHE MARK F Reverse Lettering: FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER 9.V.1955 ZUM 150. TODES TAG Edge Smooth with inscriptions. Lettering: SEID EINIG EINIG EINIG