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Posthumous poet laureate medal

Description

A bronze gilt medal presented by Dr. Amado M. Yuzon on behalf of the President of the Philippines Republic (President Macapagal) and the United Poets Laureate International, 13 September 1965. Complete with bar ribbon and pin. Posthumously awarded to William Shakespeare.

  • Marks & inscriptions

    inscription : : obverse : a harp superimposed on a map of the world : UNITED POETS LAUREATE 1963 INTERNATIONAL., inscription : : reverse : : POSTHUMOUS AWARD TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IMMONTAL [sic] LAUREATE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1965,

  • Place made

    Philippines

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust