Congress Medal

The Congress Medal is a medal awarded each year at the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain to a single individual "in recognition of dedication to the hobby [philately] over many years".[1]

The first recipient of the medal was Wilfred Haworth at the 1959 Congress in Torquay.[2] The original medal was designed by Ernest Hugen,[2] but the design has since changed.[3]

The medal is not for philatelic excellence, but for voluntary endeavours particularly at a national level.[1] The winner is selected by the Awards Committee of the Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS) and must be nominated by an officer of a philatelic society affiliated to the ABPS.[1]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-05-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, Part 3, 1946–1970" by Colin Searle in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, April 2009, pp. 85–90.
  3. Stathis, Stephen W. (2003). Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2002. Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59033-514-7.

Further reading
  • Searle, Colin (2009). 100 Years of the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain. Association of British Philatelic Societies. ISBN 978-0-9561905-0-5.
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