Many of his medals are figured in the Medallic History of Napoleon.

Bronze has been used in the manufacture of various types of medals for centuries, and are known in contemporary times for being awarded to the second-runner up in sporting competitions and other events.

There are approximately 9, 000 coins, medals and banknotes on display around the British Museum.

Electrum coins were not standardized in weight and are considered by opponents as badges, medals or ceremonial objects issued by priests, rather than coins ( actually the oldest of them have been discovered not in Lydia, but in an ancient Greek temple of Ephesos, a city colony built by the ancient Greeks in what is now Turkey ).

The Four Freedoms Award medals are awarded at ceremonies at Hyde Park, New York and Middelburg, Netherlands during alternate years.

Individual members of the teams playing in the final are presented with winners ' and runners '- up medals.

He or she will also induct individuals into the various national orders and present national medals and decorations, however the most senior awards such as ACs or the Victoria Cross are the sole prerogative of the Governor General.

At the awarding ceremony, contestants are awarded medals depending on their relative total score.

The top 50 % of the contestants are awarded medals, such that the relative number of gold: silver: bronze: no medal is approximately 1: 2: 3: 6 ( thus 1 / 12 of the contestants get a gold medal ).

While there are 68 total members of the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ), 162 of 177 medals at the IIHF World Championships have been taken by these seven nations: Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and the United States.

The opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians ( ICM ) is where the awards are presented: Fields Medals ( two to four medals are given since 1936 ), the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize ( since 1986 ), the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize ( since 2006 ), and the Chern Medal Award ( since 2010 ).

Several have issued coins, flags, postage stamps, passports, medals, and other items, which are rarely accepted outside of their own community.

There are now dozens of breweries in Britain making porter, with Fuller's ' London Porter ' winning gold and silver medals at the 1999, 2000 and 2002 International Beer & Cider Competitions, and CAMRA's Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain silver medal in 2007, with Wickwar Brewery's ' Station Porter ' winning gold in 2008.

As of 2008, such records are listed as " Archival " by the National Archives and Records Administration meaning they have been transferred from the custody of the military and can no longer be loaned and transferred for retroactive medals determination.

This stipulation was granted only for the Air Force and Army ; Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard archival medals requests are still typically offered a copy of the file and told to purchase the medal privately.

Races are usually held as knockouts, with the best two in heats of four or five qualifying for the final race, where medals are awarded.

Notable athletes are Whitehorse born hockey players Bryon Baltimore, who made it to the Los Angeles Kings in 1974, and Peter Sturgeon who played for the Colorado Rockies in 1974, Whitehorse born olympic cyclist Zachary Bell, Whitehorse raised olympic weightlifter Jeane Lassen who won medals in several world competitions, Whitehorse born basketball players Aaron Olson, and 1984 Olympics centre for Team Canada Greg Wiltjer.

Sports that have been classified as " invitational " are still played, but no medals are awarded.

Most show jumpers are tall horses, over, usually of Warmblood or Thoroughbred breeding, though horses as small as have been on the Olympic teams of various nations and carried riders to Olympic and other international medals.

Georg Hackl of Germany at the Olympics | Germany is the most successful Olympic luger, having won five medals, of which three are gold medals attained in three consecutive Olympics.

The gold medals from these awards are still featured on the label.

Finland is the only nation to have ever swept the medals at a currently recognized official Olympics, and has done so twice, in 1920 and 1932.

Despite this, the International Olympic Committee currently credits Great Britain, France and Belgium with gold, silver and bronze medals respectively as part of its attempt to reconcile early Olympic Games with the modern award scheme.

The town is also home town to Laryssa Biesenthal who currently has six world championship medals, an Olympic silver medal as a member of the quad sculls crew in 1996 and the women's eights in 2000 where she received bronze.

The Mint ’ s facility in Ottawa is currently responsible for producing collector and commemorative coins, bullion in the form of coins, bars, wafers and grain, medals and medallions.

Ukraine is currently ranked 35th by the number of gold medals won in the All-time Olympic Games medal count, with every country above it, except for Russia, having more appearances.

So far, a total of eight medals won Polish Championships ( MP ): 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze, and the all-time MP, is currently in 14th place.

Badcoe's Victoria Cross and associated medals are currently on display at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide.

In the United Kingdom, where the fount of honour is the monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, some private societies have permissions from the monarch to award medals, but these are to be worn on the right side of the chest.

In 1984, Newland's daughter, Dawn, donated her father's medals to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, where they currently reside.

His Victoria Cross is currently on display at the Australian War Memorial along with his other medals.

He died in January 1972 and his medals are currently displayed in the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum, Doncaster, England.

He is the highest declerated RCMP officer in Canadian history and his medals are currently located at the RCMP headquarters in Regina.

Brazil is currently ranked 33rd in the overall ranking of medals in the Summer Olympics.

The Dutch Warmblood stallion Moorlands Totilas currently holds the world record for the highest dressage score in Grand Prix Freestyle Dressage, and won three gold medals at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games.

Szokolyi and Lane are currently considered to split the bronze medal for the event ( no medals were awarded at the 1896 Olympics ) by the International Olympic Committee.

Of all five branches of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Air Force and the United States Coast Guard currently maintain the highest number of active awards and decorations ( while the Air Force has more ribbons, the Coast Guard has more medals ).

Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard are military medals and ribbons of the United States Coast Guard which are currently issued under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.

For the 1906 Olympics there are currently no records found on his achievements, except that he did not win any medals.

Winning a total of five medals in three consecutive Winter Games made him the most decorated Canadian athlete in Winter Olympic history until 2006.

The report was forwarded later to London, where celebrations reached levels even higher than those made by Portobelo, reaching minted commemorative medals where Blas de Lezo appeared kneeling before Vernon ().

For several decades the Nobel medals awarded with the Nobel Prize have been made of gold-plated green gold.

The medals were typically oval and made of silver, and were fairly large.

The design of the arms on these medals, made by the U. S. Mint, follow the Trenchard design very closely.

Only two medals ( both made of gold ) were given before the practice was terminated, one posthumously to de la Luzerne and the other to his successor Count de Monstier.

British sprinters had made little impression on the international scene, and the sight of the Scot winning two gold medals ( 200 m, 4 x 100 m ) and a silver ( 100 m ) at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was a surprise for British athletics fans.

On that September day in 1946 Lynch made Irish sporting history by becoming the first, and to date the only, player to win six consecutive senior All-Ireland medals ( five in hurling and one in football ).

But he then made ten straight Soviet Olympiad teams from 1958 to 1978, won nine team gold medals, one team silver medal, and six individual gold medals.

Track athletes who have made a mark on the world stage, including the 110-metre hurdler Colin Jackson who is a former world record holder and the winner of numerous Olympic, World and European medals as well as Tanni Grey-Thompson who has won 11 Paralympic gold medals.

One of the most remarkable athletes was the American gymnast George Eyser, who won six medals even though his left leg was made of wood.

Tal made three appearances for the USSR at Student Olympiads, from 1956 – 58, winning three team gold medals and three board gold medals.

He drew up a ' Primitive Liturgy ,' in which he substituted for the Nicene and Athanasian creeds, two creeds taken from the Apostolical Constitutions ; for his ' Primitive Eucharist ' he made use of unleavened bread and mixed wine ; and, most interestingly, he distributed medals of admission to his ' Oratory ' at the price of one shilling.

If they then immediately appear, it is well ; if not, let the master uncover the consecrated pentacles which he should have made to constrain and command the spirits, and which he should wear fastened round his neck, holding the medals ( or pentacles ) in his left hand, and the consecrated knife in his right ; and encouraging his companions, he shall say with a loud voice:

Within its own production facility the Franklin Mint made coins for foreign countries, theme-based medals and ingots, plus many other minted items such as wall-plaques, appliques for other collectibles, and embossed or etched sterling silver plates.

The quantities of medals and other Roman antiquities found on the site indicate the importance of the place, and in 52 BCE, Julius Caesar made Noviodunum, which he describes as in a convenient position on the banks of the Loire, a depot ( B. G. vii.

Iniguez cited the fact that the USOC made health care benefits available to a smaller percentage of Paralympians, provided smaller quarterly training stipends and paid smaller financial awards for medals won at the Paralympics.

He won various prizes and medals and in 1874 he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.

They were made by the Paris Mint who also made the medals for the 1900 Olympic Games hosted by Paris.