Orders, Decorations and Medals

SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT, National Prize in Science, Gold Medal, obverse bust of Queen Victoria by W. Wyon, surrounded by inscription 'Victoria by the Grace of God, MDCCCLIX' reverse surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves, the inscription 'National Prize in Science Awarded by the Science and Art Department,' named on the edge in small impressed letters (William John Wilson, Animal Physiology 1868) 33mm, fitted with ornate loop for suspension and contained in its original fitted case of issue, the lid gold embossed with crowned V.R. cypher, extremely fine and rare