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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 519

Yale University, Henry Elias Howland Memorial Medal, by Medallic Art Company, 73mm, bronze, the rim engraved 'Nikolaus Pevsner. November 9, 1963.', good very fine and rare, in its case of issue

The Henry Elias Howland Memorial Medal was established in 1915, the result of a most generous $15,000 donation by the children of Howland who was a member of the Yale class of 1854. It is generally awarded biannually:

'For a citizen of any country in recognition of some achievement of marked distinction in the field of literature or fine arts or the science of government.'

Other recipients of this scarce award include Gustav Holst, Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Indira Gandhi.

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£350