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Northampton Humane Society Medal
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of The Northampton Humane Society medal. Obverse: A nude boy blowing on an extinct torch. Legend: 'LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN'. Exergue: 'SOC . NORTHANT . IN . RESUSC . INTERMORT . INSTIT . MDCCLXXXIX'. Reverse: Within an oak wreath: 'HOC PRETIVM CIVE SERVATO TVLIT'. Below wreath: 'W.M.'
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0864 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| People: | Northampton Humane Society |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 39 mm |