Rhodesia: Institution of Mining & Metallurgy Award |
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| Form: | Circular | ||||||||||||
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| By: | Alan Wyon | ||||||||||||
| Date: | C 1905 | ||||||||||||
| Ref: |
Laidlaw: 1248; |
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| Edge: |
Plain. |
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| Obverse: |
Coat of arms of the institute, sable antelope supporters, lion holding spade crest, motto on a ribbon below: "LABORE ET SCIENTIA". Signed: A. WYON" below. Legend on a band: (1) "AWARDED BY THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY". (2) "PRESENTED BY THE CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA . LIMITED". Cross at the top. |
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| Reverse: |
(1) Within a beaded border round the rim, a kneeling miner, right, stripped to the waist, in an underground mine wielding a sledgehammer to strike a wedge in the mine face. Behind him, standing radiant figure of Science holding the lamp of learning in her extended right hand. Signed: "ALLAN WYON SC. at the foot" (2) Laurel wreath tied at the bottom with a ribbon enclosing space for engraving. This medal unengraved. Signed: "A. WYON" at the bottom. |
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| Notes: |
Gold Fields of South Africa was formed in 1887 by Cecil Rhodes and Charles Rudd and reorganized as Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa in 1892. It is believed that the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy was established, modeled after its counterpart in Britain, to further Rhodes ambition to develop gold mining in Rhodesia. |
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