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Reference code
GB 891 RAS TGM-RAS TGM/1-RAS TGM/1/5-RAS TGM/1/5/2
Title
Sample Gold Medal in Cardboard Presentation Case
Date(s)
- 1897 - 1991 (Creation)
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Administrative history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of… read more
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Scope and content
A sample for the Triennial Gold Medal in a cardboard presentation case bearing a gold embossed image of the medal on the box's lid. The medal bears the banyan tress design on its front, and a laurel wreath and the Society's name on the reverse.
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Language of material
- English
- Latin