IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 156553 accession number: CM.34-2005 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Monday 14 April 2014 updated: Monday 14 April 2014 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lieutenant Allen Oliver was a Canadian soldier who joined the army during the Great War having graduated from McGill University in Montreal, with a degree in Economics and Political Science. After his unfortunate death on the Somme on 28 November 1916 his mother, Mrs Frank Oliver, established the Allen Oliver Fellowships and Medal in his memory. The Fellowships and Medal are awarded to the students who achieve the highest final marks in the B.A. examinations in Economics and in Political Science. The medal itself was designed by Allan Gairdner Wyon, and this piece is a bronze specimen of the design from his collection. title: Allen Oliver Gold Medal NOTES ----- type: history note value: From the estate of the late Mrs Venetia M. Watson, daughter of the artist LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals collection: Wyon Collection STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156553 CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1917 - 1917 creation date earliest: 1917 creation date latest: 1917 CREATORS -------- maker: Wyon, Allan Gairdner maker: McGill University maker: Oliver, Allen, Lieutenant maker: Montreal IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_34_2005_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 359 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_34_2005_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 359 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_34_2005_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 359 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/preview_CM_34_2005_281_29.jpg height: 254 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_34_2005_282_29.jpg height: 361 pixels width: 360 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_34_2005_282_29.jpg height: 361 pixels width: 360 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_34_2005_282_29.jpg height: 361 pixels width: 360 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/preview_CM_34_2005_282_29.jpg height: 251 pixels width: 250 pixels