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	Royal Insight > July 2006 > Focus > The Queen's Awards
		The Royal family is well known for its support of the arts, continuing the traditions of honorary positions such as Poet Laureate and Master of The Queen's Music and undertaking patronages of arts organisations across the world.
		The medal is intended to reward an individual or group which has made a significant contribution to the musical life of the nation.
		The Royal Family has a history of supporting the work of the Red Cross, with Queen Victoria having instituted the 'Royal Red Cross' in 1883, a British Military Order solely for women which could be conferred upon members of the nursing services.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page5421.asp (1640 words)

	Royal Medal
		The Royal Medals were established by King George IV and then continued, with certain changes to their conditions, by King William IV and Queen Victoria.
		When Victoria came to the throne in 1837 the conditions for the Royal Medals changed to operate on a three year cycle with Mathematics being one of the subjects for which a Medal could be awarded every third year.
		the Royal Medals in each year should be awarded for the two most important contributions to the advancement of Natural Knowledge, published originally in Her Majesty's dominions within a period of not more than ten years and not less than one year of the date of the award, subject, of course, to Her Majesty's approval.
	www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Societies/RoyalMedal.html (237 words)

	medalsreasource
		The reverse of the medal is exactly the same as the front (pictured), except that the gold crown inside the laurels is replaced by the relevant royal cipher written in gold in scriptic font.
		The British Empire medal was awarded for the same reasons as the OBE and its sibling awards, and also for acts of bravery, although none have been awarded since 1993 in the U.K. for this reason.
		In the case of Dames, the medal is termed a "Badge" and features an elaborate court-mounted style where the medal is cushioned by the ribbon hanging down behind it, and is suspended from a bow made from the ribbon.
	medalsreasource.homestead.com /index2.html (4600 words)

	Ernest Rutherford - Scientist Supreme
		The Rutherford Medal was inaugurated by the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1991.
		Approximately 20 bronze medals are awarded each year for contributions to science and technology and for presenting science to the public.
		These awards, consisting of a gold-plated silver medal and a cash amount of C$2500, were inaugurated by the Royal Society of Canada in 1980 to replace the Rutherford Memorial Scholarship which was founded in 1952.
	www.rutherford.org.nz /hrmedals.htm (546 words)

	Copley Medal
		Winners of the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London
		The Copley Medal is the highest award from the Royal Society of London.
		In 1831 the conditions were changed again so that it was awarded to the author of the research that the Council of the Society decided was the most deserving the honour.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Societies/CopleyMedal.html (177 words)

	Operation Telic: Campaign Medal
		The Iraq Medal marks service in, and in support of, operations in Iraq from 20 January 2003, and can be awarded to UK Armed Forces and civilian personnel, including embedded media, and certain foreign nationals assigned to the operation.
		The medal is made of cupro-nickel and bears on the obverse the crowned image of Her Majesty The Queen.
		The first medals are expected to be available for issue in the spring of 2004.
	www.operations.mod.uk /telic/campaign_medal.htm (477 words)

	Royal Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Medals of the Royal Society of London, also as The Queen's Medals, were established by King George IV.
		When Victoria came to the throne in 1837 this was changed to a three-year cycle, with mathematics being one of the subjects for which a Medal could be awarded every third year.
		Since 1965, three Royal Medals have been awarded annually by the Sovereign upon the recommendation of the Royal Society's Council, two for the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge (one to each of the two great divisions) and the other for distinguished contributions in the applied sciences.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Medal (317 words)

	Royal Insight > February 2003 > Mailbox > Page 3
		The title of 'Princess Royal' is given to the eldest daughter of a monarch at that monarch's discretion.
		The first Princess Royal was Princess Mary, eldest daughter of King Charles I. Since then the style has come to be known as something which the Sovereign could bestow if he or she wished on his or her eldest daughter.
		The obverse of the medal bears the effigy of the Sovereign who has awarded the medal, while the reverse bears the royal cipher and the words 'Royal Victorian Medal'.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page2014.asp (687 words)

	Royal Engineers Museum - Biography - Sergeant Major Samuel Cole
		As a Private in the 2nd Company of the Royal Sappers and Miner he was present in the Baltic at the capture of Bomarsund (medal).
		With the 2nd Company of the Royal Sappers and Miners he also served in the Crimea at the siege and capture of Sebastolpol (medal and clasp) where he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and the 5th Class of the Legion of Honour.
		The six medals from left to right, are the Baltic Medal, the 5th Class of the French Legion of Honour, the Crimea Medal with the clasp Sebastopol, the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the Turkish Crimea Medal, and the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
	www.remuseum.org.uk /biography/rem_bio_cole.htm (1257 words)

	The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
		This Medal was instituted by Council in 1983 to commemorate the bicentenary of the Society and recognises distinguished Service to the Society in Offices other than that of President.
		The Society acts as trustee for administration of the Bruce Medal fund and the award is made by a joint Committee appointed by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Physical Society and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
		The Bruce Medal is awarded quinquennially and it is open to workers of all nationalities, preferably of Scottish birth or origin, and preferably at the outset of their careers.
	www.royalsoced.org.uk /research_fellowships/prizes/prizes.htm (1052 words)

	Royal Victorian Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Victorian Medal is a British Commonwealth medal established by Queen Victoria in April 1896.
		The medal may also be worn in addition to the badge of the Royal Victorian Order if this is later given to them.
		On the reverse is the Royal Cipher upon an ornamental shield within a laurel wreath.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Victorian_Medal (280 words)

	Herzog & De Meuron Win the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture \| Design Forums
		Jack Pringle, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) made the announcement at today's meeting of the RIBA Council.
		Given in recognition of a lifetime's work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty the Queen and is given annually to a person or group of people whose influence on architecture has had a truly international effect.
		This year's Royal Gold Medal jury was chaired by RIBA President Jack Pringle and made up of: Chris Wilkinson, Wilkinson Eyre Architects; Deborah Saunt, DSDHA; Christophe Egret, Studio Egret; Kenneth Powell, journalist and writer and Lady Susie Sainsbury of Turville.
	www.dexigner.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=7921 (697 words)

	Royal Gold Medal
		Given in recognition of a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty the Queen and is awarded annually to a person or group of people whose influence on architecture has had a truly international effect.
		For more details about the history of the medal, or the judging procedure, please contact Caz Facey, Awards Manager.
		Nominations for the 2007 medal were considered by the Honours Committee, chaired by the RIBA President, which also selects the Honorary Fellows.
	www.architecture.com /go/Architecture/Also/Awards_3125.html (222 words)

	The Bruce Medalists: Frank Dyson
		Dyson is best known for directing (with Arthur Stanley Eddington) the 1919 eclipse expedition which confirmed the bending of starlight by the sun's gravity, as predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity.
		Royal Astronomical Society, Gold medal, 1925, presented by J.H. Jeans, MNRAS 85, 672 (1925).
		Aitken, R.G. Eddington, A.S. Obituary Notices of the Royal Society of London 3, 159-72 (1939-41).
	www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu /BruceMedalists/Dyson/index.html (205 words)

	Royal Engineers Museum and Library - Research Section - Researching Medal Records page
		The office holds details of most campaign medals issued from the 1920s and is the authority for all questions concerning the entitlement to current campaign medals.
		The London Gazette (originally called The Oxford Gazette) is the world’s oldest continuously published newspaper and is still published "with Authority", as it has been since it was established by Charles II whilst the Court (effectively the government of the time) was removed to Oxford during the Great Plague of 1665.
		FoREM has been assisting with the task of collating medal rolls of all those who have served in the Corps of Royal Engineers and the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners - Below is a table of the published and proposed volumes.
	www.remuseum.org.uk /rem_res_medal.htm (522 words)

	Royal Marines Museum
		It is made up of the collections started in 1901 at Plymouth, and 1907 at Eastney being added to other divisional collections, and the museum collection that was started in 1958.
		A book titled "The Royal Marines Victoria Crosses" has been published by the Museum and is available from the museum shop.
		The Museum is always interested to view any Royal Marine medal which members of the public may wish to offer to the collection.
	www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk /collections_medals.htm (126 words)

	Military Medal Boxes: Royal Australian Navy
		Storing your medals correctly is the easiest and most effective way of preserving them.
		Medals are best stored in their original boxes for single medals or a Military Medal Box for multiple mounted medals.
		Other wood (including woods often used to make cabinets for coins and medals, such as mahogany, chipboard and ordinary plywood) and ordinary cardboard are acidic, and can harm metals and fabrics.
	www.militarymedalboxes.com /navy.html (230 words)

	Texas A&M Distinguished Professor Of Chemistry To Receive Queen Elizabeth's Royal Medal
		His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, will present the prestigious Royal Medal to Scott as well as to Sir James Black (Nobel laureate in medicine) and Tom Devine (Scottish historian) during a July 4 ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
		A Fellow of the RSE as well as the Royal Society of London, Scott is being honored for "outstanding distinction in the physical sciences." He is cited for his outstanding contributions to organic and natural product chemistry over the past 30 years, including the establishment of the mechanism for the microbial synthesis of vitamin B12.
		Queen Elizabeth instituted the Royal Medal in 2000 as the premier citation awarded by the RSE to honor internationally recognized scholars.
	www.tamu.edu /univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/01/062201-8.html (602 words)

	The Royal Medals
		Three Royal Medals, known also as The Queen's Medals, are awarded annually by the Sovereign upon the recommendation of the Council, two for the most important contributions to the advancement of Natural Knowledge (one to each of the two great divisions) and the other for distinguished contributions in the applied sciences.
		In 2006, Royal medals were awarded to Sir John Pendry FRS, Dr Tim Hunt FRS and Professor Davod Baulcombe FRS.
		The nominations for the Royal Medals 2007 will open on 1 December 2006.
	www.royalsoc.ac.uk /page.asp?id=1749 (304 words)

	Imperial College London - Top Royal Medal for Imperial physicist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Royal A Medal, which is given on the recommendation of the Royal Society's Council, is awarded for contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge in the physical sciences.
		It is one of three Royal Medals awarded annually by the Royal Society, with the other two going to those who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of life sciences and applied sciences.
		Sir John's medal has been awarded for his varied research over a number of years in a number of different areas.
	www.imperial.ac.uk /P8008.htm (440 words)

	Royal archive winners 1949 - 1900 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		For his distinguished contributions to many branches of atomic physics, and especially for his work in establishing the wave properties of the electron.
		For his researches in solar and stellar parallax, and his energetic direction of the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope.
		For his researches into the functions and minute structure of the Central Nervous System, especially with regard to the motor and sensory functions of the cortex of the brain.
	www.royalsoc.ac.uk /page.asp?id=1752 (1368 words)

	Royal Medal
		He has been awarded a 2005 Royal Medal from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by recommendation of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom 's national academy of science.
		Professor Fisher, one of three scientists awarded the Royal Medal this year, is being recognized for his numerous contributions to statistical mechanics, specifically his work in wetting transitions, dislocation melting and criticality of ionic solutions.
		He will receive the medal at the Royal Society's Anniversary Day meeting at the end of November.
	www.physics.umd.edu /announcements/fisher_royalmedal.htm (110 words)

	Cambridge University Engineering Department: News item
		Professor Kenneth Johnson FRS, FEng has been awarded a Royal Medal by the Royal Society, for his outstanding work in the field of contact mechanics.
		Professor Johnson is an Emeritus Professor of the University and has worked in the field of contact mechanics and tribology for forty years; he recently retired after more than thirty years on the staff of the Department.
		He is the author of Contact Mechanics (CUP, 1985) and was awarded the Tribology Gold medal in 1985 and the ASME Mayo D Hersey medal in 1991.
	www.eng.cam.ac.uk /news/stories/royal_medal.shtml (179 words)

	The Bruce Medalists: Alfred Fowler
		He found that sunspots are cooler than their surroundings, a discovery made at about the same time by G.E. Hale and his colleagues.
		National Academy of Sciences, Henry Draper Medal, 1920.
		Royal Astronomical Society, Gold medal, 1915, presented by E.H. Hills, MNRAS 75, 355-62 (1915).
	www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu /BruceMedalists/FowlerA/index.html (266 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Paul wins silver medal at Royal Portrush
		Stuart Paul from Tandragee won the silver medal as leading qualifier in the North of Ireland Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush.
		Paul had rounds of 67 on both courses for an eight under par 134 to be one stroke ahead of Justin Keogh from Birr.
		John Kelly from the Ward returned a two under par 70 to be the overnight leaders in the Phillip Walton Dundrum House Pro-Am at County Tipperary.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2001/0710/amateurgolf.html (93 words)

	Sgt Maj Samuel Cole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sergeant Major Samuel Cole, Royal Sappers and Miners later Captain Quarter Master, RE (QM Lt. 23 April 1873 and QM Capt. 23 April 1883[1] As a Private in the 2nd Company of the Royal Sappers and Miner he was present in the Baltic at the Capture of Bomarsund (medal).
		With the 2nd Company of the Royal Sappers and Miners he also served in the Crimea at the Siege and Capture of Sebastolpol (medal and clasp) where he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the 5th Class of the Legion of Honour.
		His group of medals were auctioned by Spink in December, 1997, and comprised: DCM, Baltic, Crimea (Sebastopol), LS and GC, Turkish Crimea and a French Legion d’Honneur.
	www.members.dca.net /fbl/COLEwebpg.htm (1105 words)

	RIBA: Toyo Ito wins the Royal Gold Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Toyo Ito is an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects and the Royal Institute of British Architects.
		Toyo Ito will be presented with the Royal Gold Medal at the RIBA on 15 February 2006.
		The Royal Gold Medal for the promotion of architecture was inaugurated by Queen Victoria in 1848 and is conferred by the Sovereign annually on a distinguished architect or person “whose work has promoted, either directly or indirectly, the advancement of architecture.”
	www.riba.org /go/RIBA/News/Press_4975.html (627 words)

	NZDF - The Cadet Forces Medal Royal Warrant
		- The award shall be in cupro-nickel in the form of a circular Medal bearing on the obverse the Crowned Effigy of the Sovereign and on the reverse the inscription “The Cadet Forces Medal”, and a representation of a torch.
		- The Medal shall be worn on the left breast suspended from a ribbon one and a quarter inches in width which shall be in colour green with yellow edges, narrow stripes of dark blue, red and light blue being superimposed.
		- A Clasp to the Medal, to be attached to the ribbon when the Medal itself is worn, and in cupro-nickel, may be awarded on the completion of each additional twelve years of qualifying service after the end of the qualifying period for the grant of the Medal.
	medals.nzdf.mil.nz /warrants/e12warrant.html (1747 words)

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