A large bronze cast medallion, some 9. 5 by 8. 7 centimetres in measurement, created by the celebrated medalist Valerio Belli in the sixteenth century.

Design of the medallion created as part of anti-slavery campaign by Wedgwood, 1787

Because the medallion system artificially restricts the number of cabs, it has been criticized as a barrier to entry to the taxi market that has created a market for illegal taxicab operation in areas under-served by medallion cabs.

Other items of interest range from a gilded bronze medallion of the Montgolfier brothers, created in 1783 by Jean-Antoine Houdon ( 1741 – 1828 ), the Glider Massia-Biot ( 1879 ), an 1884 electric motor by Arthur Constantin Krebs ( 1850 – 1935 ), the rear gondola of the 1915 Zeppelin LZ 113, equipped with 3 Maybach engines, type HS, a 1916 SPAD VII aircraft by Blériot-SPAD, a 1917 Airco DH. 9 aircraft by Geoffrey de Havilland ( 1882 – 1965 ), and a 1918 Junkers D. I aircraft by Hugo Junkers ( 1859 – 1935 ), to the 1961 Dassault Mirage IIIC by Marcel Dassault ( 1892 – 1986 ), an SSBS S3 surface-to-surface ballistic missile commissioned in 1981, and a 2002 Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard model.

The Kistler Prize, created in 1999, includes a cash award of US $ 100, 000 and a gold medallion, and is awarded annually to recognize original contributions “ to the understanding of the connection between the human genome and human society, especially those contributions stemming from research conducted with courage and conviction despite opposition from peers or the public .” The recipients have been:

Imperial Roman medallion with Olympias: part of a 3rd century series representing Emperor Caracalla as the descendant of Alexander the Great.

The first insigne was in fact a larger, cut-and-engraved silver medallion, essentially a square of metal with a loop cut integrally with the body of the square from the same sheet of silver, in order to allow for suspension from one or two ribbons worn around the member's neck in the manner in which the older fraternities ( and the Freemasonic bodies on which the collegiate societies were in part patterned ) wore their own insignia.

The four winners also receive a medallion necklace as part of their prizes.

Motifs consisted of two classes: the first type being simple geometric motifs such as the checkerboard and gau ( amulet ) design that probably formed part of an ancient Tibetan design repertoire, mingled with medallion designs and other motifs derived from Chinese decorative traditions.

A medallion of Boyce is near the White House as part of the The Extra Mile – Points of Light Volunteer Pathway.

At the upper part of the medallion, following its circumference, the inscription in red enamelled embossed letters " ALEXANDER SUVOROV " ( in Russian: АЛЕКСАНДР СУВОРОВ ).

A medallion of another kind, cast in bronze by Jean Vernon ( 1897 – 1975 ), was produced as part of his renowned series based on the fables in the 1930s.

Here, Sam recovers the first part of the medallion after he defeats his first titanic enemy, Kwongo ( A gigantic gorilla ).

Here, Sam conquers the second part of the medallion after he defeats Zumzum ( A gigantic bee ).

The third part of medallion is received here after Prince Chan is killed by Sam.

The fourth medallion part is retrieved after Sam defeats Kleerofski, the supreme ruler of Kleer.

The final part of the medallion is located here where Sam acquires it by defeating Cecil, a giant pink dragon who rules over Ellenier.

After the battle, Sam spares his life in exchange for the final medallion part.

" anti-slavery medallion.

" 1787 medallion designed by Josiah Wedgwood for the anti-slavery campaign

The landscape's most dominant feature is the central lawn, which was listed as a " medallion site " by the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1999, one of only three central campuses designated as such.

Commemorating the landing of the First Fleet in Botany Bay, the Sydney Cove medallion was made by Josiah Wedgwood after he was given a sample of clay from Sydney Cove by Sir Joseph Banks, who had received the sample from Governor Arthur Phillip.

He had been a descendant of the Israelite tribe of Issachar ; he had been educated by his grandfathers, who had both been physicians to the court of Good King René of Provence ; he had attended Montpellier University in 1525 to gain his first degree: after returning there in 1529 he had successfully taken his medical doctorate ; he had gone on to lecture in the Medical Faculty there until his views became too unpopular ; he had supported the heliocentric view of the universe ; he had travelled to the north-east of France, where he had composed prophecies at the abbey of Orval ; in the course of his travels he had performed a variety of prodigies, including identifying a future Pope ; he had successfully cured the Plague at Aix-en-Provence and elsewhere ; he had engaged in scrying using either a magic mirror or a bowl of water ; he had been joined by his secretary Chavigny at Easter 1554 ; having published the first installment of his Propheties, he had been summoned by Queen Catherine de ' Medici to Paris in 1556 to discuss with her his prophecy at quatrain I. 35 that her husband King Henri II would be killed in a duel ; he had examined the royal children at Blois ; he had bequeathed to his son a ' lost book ' of his own prophetic paintings ; he had been buried standing up ; and he had been found, when dug up at the French Revolution, to be wearing a medallion bearing the exact date of his disinterment.

A portrait of him painted by Jens Juel was made into a medallion by his friend Johan Tobias Sergel.

Some team members stay at the pyramid while Jackson, O ' Neil, and others go out and discover a mining village inhabited by humans who, when they see Jackson's medallion, assume them to be gods sent by Ra.

There are four or five accepted and cognate meanings of spandrel in architectural and art history, mostly relating to the space between a curved figure and a rectangular boundary-such as the space between the curve of an arch and a rectilinear bounding moulding, or the wallspace bounded by adjacent arches in an arcade and the stringcourse or moulding above them, or the space between the central medallion of a carpet and its rectangular corners, or the space between the circular face of a clock and the corners of the square revealed by its hood.

Apparently starting in embroidery, it then appears in garden design before being used in Northern Mannerist painted decorative schemes " with a central medallion combined with acanthus and other forms " by Simon Vouet and then Charles Lebrun who used " scrolls of flat bandwork joined by horizontal bars and contrasting with ancanthus scrolls and palmette.

Portrait medallion of Margaret of Anjou, by Piero da Milano, 1463

The Latin inscription on the reverse of the medallion — firmitas, utilitas, venustas ( English: durability, utility, and beauty )— is inspired by Roman architect Vitruvius.

The stone was set in a fairly simple medallion surrounded by many smaller white diamonds, which he sometimes lent to Louisa de la Poer Beresford, the widow of his brother, Thomas Hope, for society balls.

The Tony Award medallion was designed by Art Director Herman Rosse and is a mix of mostly brass and a little bronze, with a nickel plating on the outside ; a black acrylic glass base, and the nickel-plated pewter swivel.

* A commemorative medallion of the 11 September 2001 attacks from the United States House of Representatives, presented to him by member of the house Jack Kingston on 29 January 2002.

In the Salle du Conseil ( Council Chamber ) a marble medallion of Louis XIV ( 1690 ) by François Girardon, born at Troyes, survived unscathed.

The original Sweeny family home, marked by a Texas Historical Society medallion, was still occupied by a descendant of the Sweeny family as of 1991.

Design for the medallion of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, struck by Josiah Wedgwood

When he was 19 years old he was employed by Josiah Wedgwood and his partner Bentley, as a modeller of classic and domestic friezes, plaques, ornamental vessels and medallion portraits.

The Wedgwood medallion was the most famous image of a black person in all of 18th-century art.

Wedgwood made it into a commemorative medallion titled " Hope encouraging Art and Labour, under the influence of Peace, to pursue the employments necessary to give security and happiness to an infant settlement ".

We also know that the Saxon Shore as reflected in the Notitia was created as a part of the Theodosian reorganization of Britain ( post A.D. 369 ).

Such efforts almost always find themselves compelled to ask whether Adam was created capable of growing old and then older and then still older, in short, whether Adam's life was intended to be part of the process of time.

Pakistan was created in 1947 expressly as a Muslim state, but when the army took over eleven years later it did so on a wave of mass impatience which was directed in part against the inability of political and religious leaders to think their way through to the meaning of Islam for the modern political situation.

Turkey's First Geography Congress in 1941 created two regions to the east of the Gulf of Iskenderun-Black Sea line named the Eastern Anatolia Region and the Southeastern Anatolia Region, the former largely corresponding to the western part of the Armenian Highland, the latter to the northern part of the Mesopotamian plain.

Greek democracy created at Athens was direct, rather than representative: any adult male citizen of age could take part, and it was a duty to do so.

Having banished or murdered some 10, 000 citizens, and thus made himself master of Syracuse, he created a strong army and fleet and subdued the greater part of Sicily.

Shakers today are most known for their cultural contributions ( especially style of music and furniture ). The Shakers composed thousands of songs, and also created many dances ; both were an important part of the Shaker worship services.

The many important independent agencies of the United States government created by statutes enacted by Congress exist outside of the federal executive departments but are still part of the executive branch.

It was created at the end of the 19th century by Georg Cantor as part of his study of infinite sets.

This is due, in part, because it is more consoling to think that complications and upheavals in human affairs are created by human beings rather than factors beyond human control.

The territory was created in 1969 by the Coral Sea Islands Act ( before, the area was considered part of Queensland ) and extended in 1997 to include Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs nearly 800 km further South, already in the Tasman Sea.

The economic achievements of Cyprus during the preceding decades have been significant, bearing in mind the severe economic and social dislocation created by the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the continuing occupation of the northern part of the island by Turkey.

Calcium-40 is created in extremely large and hot ( over 2. 5 × 10 < sup > 9 </ sup > K ) stars, as part of the silicon-burning process in which alpha particles are added to silicon atoms.

His most famous surviving work is the Well of Moses ( 1395 – 1403 ), created for the Carthusian monastery of Champmol built by Philip the Bold just outside Dijon ( at the time-now part of the city ).

The " Command & Conquer " video game series had cyborgs as a part of its plot-specifically Cyborgs created by the " Brotherhood of Nod " via Tiberium Infusion experimentation.

Dog tags are traditionally part of the makeshift battlefield memorials soldiers created for their fallen comrades.

While performers and singers garnered the lion's share of public attention, producers working behind the scenes played an equal, if not more important role in disco, since they often wrote the songs and created the innovative sounds and production techniques that were part of the " disco sound.

He also created the Labyrinth on Crete, in which the Minotaur ( part man, part bull ) was kept.

Bowie had a cameo in Yellowbeard, a 1983 pirate comedy created by Monty Python members, and a small part as Colin, the hitman in the 1985 film Into the Night.

The Dual Alliance was a defensive alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary, which was created by treaty on October 7, 1879 as part of Bismarck's system of alliances to prevent / limit war.

Esperanto was created in the late 1870s and early 1880s by Dr. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, an ophthalmologist of mixed cultural heritage from Bialystok, then part of the Russian Empire.

It remained a part of the Viceroyalty of Peru until 1720, when it joined the newly created Viceroyalty of New Granada ; within the viceroyalty, however, Ecuador was awarded its own audiencia in 1563, allowing it to deal directly with Madrid on certain matters.

Indeed the Republic of Independent Guyana, in French La République de la Guyane indépendante and commonly referred to by the name of the capital " Counani ", was created in the area which was disputed by France ( as part of French Guyana ) and Brazil in the late nineteenth century.