Patron's Medal

Further Details on the Design

The design of the Medal by the late Christopher Ironside incorporates the following:

                                                     representing

(a) Adam and Eve                           Humankind

(b) A lamb with a cross on               Religion and Magic 
     a crescent moon with a 
     pentacle enclosed  

(c) A cogwheel and hand-axe           Industry and Crafts

(d) The caduceus of Hermes             Science
     Irismegistos (Thoth)

(e) Janus head                                 History

(f) Three groups of figures                1. Authority and the Law
                                                      2. Exchange, Commerce and Finance
                                                      3. Internal and External Strife

(g) A child with a skull                      Rites de Passage

(h) Appollo's lyre                              The Arts

(i)  A sheaf of corn and a bull             Agricultural Domestication