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The Owen Aves Medal
COINS AND MEDALS
medal
The Yorkshire Optical Society; Spink & Son Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1962
metal
case: 20 mm x 93 mm x 93 mm; medal: 51 mm x 4 mm

White metal research medal presented to Frank Dickinson. Round, engraved on both sides. Obverse: In the field a portrait bust of Owen Aves facing to the right, wearing a pair of spectacles. Surrounded by inscription to upper edge. Reverse: Inscription and date, plus an emblem featuring the Yorkshire rose. In a navy blue leather-covered hinged case lined with white silk and blue velvet.


2011.729

Gift of the Marton Library Trust, 2011



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