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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	2023-FIC-14	Medal	Silver dux medal from Mauchline School in Mauchline, Scotland. Medal was won by James Love and presented by Marcus Bain, the executive chairman of the Mauchline School Board and the owner of Ballochmyle quarries in Mauchline. Dux medals in Scotland were awarded to the highest-achieving student in the school each year. The medal is oval in shape with decorative embossing around the edges and lettering on both sides . A red and gray ribbon is attached to the top of the medal. An insignia on the medal indicates that it was made by William Aitken, a silversmith in Birmingham, England who was active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
2	2023-FIC-17	Medal	Silver medal presented to Nancy P. Walton for superior scholarship, 1840, from Benjamin Whittemore, Nicholas Noyes, and Otis A. Skinner of the Sub-Committee of the Hawes School. The medal is octagonal in shape with writing etched on both sides and a purple ribbon attached to the top. The Hawes School was one of the first public schools founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1830. Both boys and girls attended the school until a separate school was created for the girls in 1848. Among other reasons, the Hawes School is notable as being one of the first public schools in the United States to introduce music education programs to its students in the late 1830s.
3	2023-FIC-18	Medal	First class medal in Classics from Rugby Academy. Rugby Academy was a military preparatory high school school for boys in New Orleans, Louisiana that operated from 1884 to 1970. Medal is in the shape of a cross with writing etched on both sides and a metal ring affixed to the top.
4	2023-FIC-19	Medal	Medal awarded for merit in English and French to Mary M. Meigs. Medal is in the shape of a cross and has writing etched on both sides.
5	2023-FIC-20	Medal	First prize medal awarded to Mary M. Meigs, middle department. Medal is in the shape of a star and has writing etched on both sides.
6	2023-FIC-21	Medal	Medal awarded for merit in Reading, no name or school given. Medal is in the shape of a shield with writing etched on one side and small decorative etching around the border. There is a metal ring affixed to the top.
7	2023-FIC-22	Medal	Medal awarded for merit in Spelling, no name or school given. Medal is in the shape of a heart with writing etched on one side and small decorative etching around the border. There is a metal ring affixed to the top.
8	2023-FIC-23	Medal	Medal awarded for merit in Arithmetic, no name or school given. Medal is in the shape of a vase with writing etched on one side and small decorative etching on both sides. There is a metal ring affixed to the top.