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  • Small pieces of metal, usually gold, silver, or bronze and bearing a relief design on one or both sides and having a commemorative purpose; resembling a coin, but not used as a medium of exchange.

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          McGill Shakespeare Medal, 1864
          McGill Shakespeare Medal, 1864
          CA MUA MG 4319-07-028 · Item · 1864
          Part of McGill University Archives Collection

          This item is a McGill medal commemorating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth. One side of the medal has a an image of Shakespeare in profile with the words "Shakspere [sic], 1564-1616." The other side bears a McGill coat of arms and "Shakspere [sic] Tercentenary, 1864, for English literature" inside a decorative cross, with "McGill College, Montreal" in a ring around the edge of the medal.
          One Mile medal
          One Mile medal
          CA MUA MG 4319-07-040 · Item · 1904
          Part of McGill University Archives Collection

          This item is a one mile medal awarded to A.W. Sheppard of University of Toronto. Medal is topped by a beaver, medal face bears coats of arms of McGill and University of Toronto, surrounded by text that reads: "Universities, McGill, Toronto."
          Sutherland medal
          CA MUA MG 4319-07-043 · Item · 1875
          Part of McGill University Archives Collection

          This item is a 1875 Professor William Sutherland medal. One side depicts Sutherland in profile, with text that reads, "Guilielmus Sutherland M.D., OB. MDCCCLXXV." The other side of the medal shows the McGill coat of arms, a wreath of maple leaves and text that reads, "Ad scientias chamicas excolendas cath. Sutherland inst., Universitas McGill, Praemium in facultate medicine."
          WWI British medal
          CA MUA MG 4319-07-015 · Item · Approximately 1918
          Part of McGill University Archives Collection

          This item is a medal and ribbon from WWI awarded to General H. Lipsey. The ribbon is yellow with white, black and blue stripes near the edges. The medal depicts a mounted rider whose horse is stomping on a skeleton and a shield with the coat of arms of Germany, with the years 1914 and 1918. The back of the medal has King George V in profile and the words "Georgus V Britt. Omn: Rex et In. Imp." around the edge.