General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

18-KARAT GREEN GOLD PLATED WITH 24-KARAT GOLD.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

6.5 cm

Width

6.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Myntverkek

Country

Sweden

State/Province

Unknown

City

Eskilstuna

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS MEDAL WAS PRESENTED AT 1994 AWARDS CEREMONY. NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED ANNUALLY SINCE 1901.

Canada

1994 NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS WAS AWARDED TO CLIFFORD G. SHULL (1915-2001) AND CANADIAN BERTRAM N. BROCKHOUSE (1918-2003) "FOR PIONEERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEUTRON SCATTERING TECHNIQUES FOR STUDIES OF CONDENSED MATTER". MUCH OF BROCKHOUSE'S WORK WAS CONDUCTED AT CHALK RIVER & LATER AT MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, HAMILTON, ONT.

Function

INTERNATIONAL AWARD GIVEN YEARLY FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN SELECTED FIELDS. THIS NOBEL PRIZE MEDAL AWARDED FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHYSICS.

Technical

BROCKHOUSE AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE (WITH SHULL) ON DEC. 10, 1994. PRIZE CONSISTS OF 3 PARTS- MEDAL, DIPLOMA (2005.0002) AND DOCUMENT CONFIRMING THE CASH PRIZE AMOUNT. (SEE PHOTOCOPY IN S.I.) MEDAL DESIGNED IN 1901-02 BY ERIK LINDBERG, AND STRUCK BY THE SWEDISH MINT. BEFORE 1980 "SWEDISH" MEDALS MADE OF 23K GOLD. (REF. 2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Portrait of Nobel and text "ALFR./ NOBEL", "NAT./ MDCCC/ XXX111/ OB./ MDCCC/ XCVI" and "E. LINDBERG 1902" appear on one side of medal. Classical figures representing Nature and the Genius of Science, and text "INVENTAS VITAM JUVAT EXCOLUISSE PER ARTES", "NATURA", "SCIENTIA", "ERIK/ LINDBERG", "REG.ACAD./ SCIENT.SUEG.", and "B.N. BROCKHOUSE/ MCMXCIV" appear on reverse. "M V/ [symbol]/ [symbol]/ 18 K/ U 10" stamped into medal edge.

Missing

MEDAL IS COMPLETE. ORIGINALLY STORED IN LEATHER-COVERED PRESENTATION CASE, NOW MISSING.

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

ONE SIDE OF MEDAL BEARS PORTRAIT OF ALFRED NOBEL, WITH TEXT. REVERSE SIDE DEPICTS 2 FEMALE FIGURES DRESSED IN CLASSICAL ROBES REPRESENTING NATURE, AND THE GENIUS OF SCIENCE, WITH TEXT.