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Description: | inscription, stamped, ALTIUS IBUNT QUI AD SUMMA NITUNTUR
inscription, stamped, N.E.C. INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS
inscription, stamped, PRESIDENT
inscription, engraving, Presented
to the Institution
by
Col. R. Saxton White, V.D., J.P.,
Past President
1920
inscription, printing, The North East Coast Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders
12, Windsor Terrace, Jesmond
ALTIUS IBUNT QUI AD SUMMA NINTUR
'Those who strive toward the top will go higher
or
'To reach the heights aim at the summit'
Professor West of the Department of Classics,
Newcastle University 25.10.1984
inscription, printing, REID & SONS.
Diamond (crest) Merchants.
BY APPOINTMENT TO THE LATE
QUEEN VICTORIA
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Boxed gold medal on red ribbon. Medal with ornate gold decoration around gold central disc with 2 figures.Enamel arm with spear (?) at the top, and enamel plaque showing horses and a coat of arms at the bottom. With text in English and Latin on scrolls throughout. Box in red leather (?) with gold border design and lined with cream fabric and bespoke mount. With headed paper inside from the North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders with a Latin-English translation from Newcastle University Department of Classics.
Part: ribbon, Material: fabric
Part: box, Material: leather (?)
Part: box lining, Material: satin (?)
Part: medal, Material: gold (?)
Part: medal, Material: enamel (?)
Part: ribbon, Colour: red
Part: box, Colour: red
Part: box lining, Colour: cream | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.maritimehistory.394051 | Go to resource |
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