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The AMA Prize in Ophthalmology medal, awarded to Dr. John Weeks in 1929. The medal is housed in a blue velvet-lined case, measuring 7.6 x 9 cm. The medal is in good condition, although the ribbon has started to tear. The item was removed from the Medical Museum Collection (77-293.1) and placed into the archives in 2003.
Digital photograph of the AMA Prize in Ophthalmology medal, awarded to Dr. John Weeks in 1929. A gold bar bearing his name holds one end of a red and white ribbon extending to the medal. The medal itself consists a sort of Maltese cross, or cross pattee, enamelled in red, with a white and gold enamelled circular centerpiece. The whole is superimposed on a green laurel wreath. The medal is shown in its blue velvet-lined case, which has been set on a gray counter.
John Elmer Weeks Collection, 2001-003, Box 3
Digital photograph of the AMA Prize in Ophthalmology medal, awarded to Dr. John Weeks in 1929. A gold bar bearing his name holds one end of a red and white ribbon extending to the medal. The medal itself consists a sort of Maltese cross, or cross pattee, enamelled in red, with a white and gold enamelled circular centerpiece. The whole is superimposed on a green laurel wreath. The medal is shown in its blue velvet-lined case, which has been set on a gray counter.
John Elmer Weeks Collection, 2001-003, Box 3
