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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2573199, member: 71642&quot;]Back to Great Britain, but a prize medal this time.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The engraver is James Restall and it is &#039;after Wyon&#039;, this design being original to William Wyon for a medal made as a private commission for Prince Albert in 1844 or 1845.&nbsp; There is more than one Restall/Wyon prize medal, not sure if I posted the other one before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Random trivia tidbit:&nbsp; Quintin Hogg was a tea and sugar merchant in London.&nbsp;&nbsp; Among his philanthropist concerns was educational reform.&nbsp; He established several schools including the Young Men&#039;s Christian Institute.&nbsp; After expansion, a move and further expansion the school is still active as the <a href="https://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/current-students/news/2016/125th-anniversary-of-the-regent-street-polytechnic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/current-students/news/2016/125th-anniversary-of-the-regent-street-polytechnic" rel="nofollow">University of Westminster</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://[IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/TFS22GoOSx2URcEQY1Lz_Restall%20Wyon%20bronze%20vertical.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/IMG]<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/TFS22GoOSx2URcEQY1Lz_Restall%20Wyon%20bronze%20vertical.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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