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Award Hector Medal, white metal
| Location | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Composition | Pewter |
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| Obverse lettering | TO·COMMEMORATE·THE·WORK·OF·SIR·JAMES·HECTOR·K·C·M·G·F·R·S·M·D·IN·NEW·ZEALAND·MDCCCLXIV--MCMVII |
| Reverse description | A semi-nude male explorer figure, possibly representing a naturalist or scientist in a classical allegorical style, kneels left in a landscape setting, leaning on a staff and gazing toward a pair of birds perched on a small tree to the right. A palm tree and tropical vegetation rise behind him, with a lake bearing a Maori canoe and distant mountains in the background. In the exergue below, scientific instruments including a retort, a globe, and a stack of books are depicted in relief, separated from the main scene by a ground line. |
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| Reverse lettering | NEW · ZEALAND · INSTITUTE FOR · SCIENTIFIC · RESEARCH |
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