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Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSSC/M 78 CollectionSpecial collections CategoryCoins and medals Object nameMedals DescriptionGold Medal of the Royal Society of Medicine, by Edward Carter Preston, 1956. Obverse: Hygieia lays a laurel wreath on the head of a male figure who kneels at her feet, holding a lighted lamp. Hygieia holds a dish and has a serpent entwined around her arm. Reverse: The centaur Chiron teaches the young Asclepius: the boy holds a poppy head and at his waist a spring pours water through a lion-head fountain. A snake is coiled beneath the centaur. Presented to Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor in 1956. Artist‎ Preston, Edward Carter, 1885-1965, medallist Associated institution Royal Society of Medicine Owner/user Taylor, Sir Gordon Gordon-, 1878-1960, Knight, surgeon bequeathed Taylor, Sir Gordon Gordon-, 1878-1960, Knight, surgeon (1960) Related objectsRCSSC/M 15 Physical Location LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions Physical Information Physical descriptioncircular yellow metal medal, gilt missing in places. In dark green case, 7.5cm by 7.5cm by 1.5cm. Materialmedal AVSPICIIS SOCIETATIS REGIAE MEDICINAE // INSTITVTAE / MDCCCV // NON EST VIVERE SED / VALERE VITAE.C.R.P.FINIS / CORONAT OPVSE.C.R.P.GOLD MEDAL / OF / THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE / 18TH AWARD 1956 / SIR GORDON-TAYLOR / K.B.E., C.B., M.S. F.R.C.S.(crown) / By appointment to / H.M. THE QUEEN / GOLDSMITHS & / CROWN JEWELLERS / GARRARD & CO LTD / 112, REGENT STREET, W.1 Dimensions medal diameter: 44 mm

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Object numberRCSSC/M 78

Object nameMedals

DescriptionGold Medal of the Royal Society of Medicine, by Edward Carter Preston, 1956. Obverse: Hygieia lays a laurel wreath on the head of a male figure who kneels at her feet, holding a lighted lamp. Hygieia holds a dish and has a serpent entwined around her arm. Reverse: The centaur Chiron teaches the young Asclepius: the boy holds a poppy head and at his waist a spring pours water through a lion-head fountain. A snake is coiled beneath the centaur. Presented to Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor in 1956.

Artist‎

Preston, Edward Carter, 1885-1965, medallist

Associated institution

Royal Society of Medicine

Owner/user

Taylor, Sir Gordon Gordon-, 1878-1960, Knight, surgeon

bequeathed

Taylor, Sir Gordon Gordon-, 1878-1960, Knight, surgeon (1960)

Related objectsRCSSC/M 15

Physical Location

LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Physical Information

Physical descriptioncircular yellow metal medal, gilt missing in places. In dark green case, 7.5cm by 7.5cm by 1.5cm.

Materialmedal

AVSPICIIS SOCIETATIS REGIAE MEDICINAE // INSTITVTAE / MDCCCV // NON EST VIVERE SED / VALERE VITAE.C.R.P.FINIS / CORONAT OPVSE.C.R.P.GOLD MEDAL / OF / THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE / 18TH AWARD 1956 / SIR GORDON-TAYLOR / K.B.E., C.B., M.S. F.R.C.S.(crown) / By appointment to / H.M. THE QUEEN / GOLDSMITHS & / CROWN JEWELLERS / GARRARD & CO LTD / 112, REGENT STREET, W.1

Dimensions

medal diameter: 44 mm

Physical Location

Physical Information

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