Award Gold RAS Medal
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Award medals |
| Year | 1897 |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 54.6 g |
| Diameter | 139.4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 458803 |
| References | Pinches# p139.5 John Harvey Pinches; 1987. Medals by John Pinches: A catalogue of works struck by the company from 1840 to 1969. Heraldry Today, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Obverse
Forest of banyan trees, ruins in background
Script: Latin
Lettering:
QUOT RAMI TOT
ARBORES
PINCHES LONDON
Reverse
Recipient name and date engraved within wreath
Script: Latin
Lettering: ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Mint
John Pinches Medallist Ltd, London, United Kingdom (1840-1980)Comments
The medal was issued triennially between 1897 and 1990, when it was replaced by the Royal Asiatic Society Award.
RAS: The idea of a Gold Medal was first suggested in 1887, but the matter was postponed until 1897, when a decision was made to institute a Gold Medal to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the reign of Queen Victoria. Overseas Orientalists could already be honoured by the Society in the form of Honorary Membership, but at the time of its instigation, there was nothing to honour eminent British Orientalists. So for this purpose, a committee, formed under the direction of Mr (later Sir) A.N. Wollaston, was established which chose a design for the medal based on the banyan tree. In 1898 the Society launched an appeal for funds to finance the cost of the new medal. By the end of 1899 nearly £300 had been subscribed.
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