The Medal for Science and Art was instituted on 24 March 1883. It features two classes, gold and silver, delivered to encourage, award, or distinct outstanding figures in the field of science, art, i.. Read more »ndustry, or farming.
The Medal has the form of a circle with diameter of 36 mm. The averse bears the effigy of the Sovereign (Alexander I, Ferdinand I, Boris III) with his name and title inscribed around. The reverse features a sitting woman, her left arm resting on a shield charged with a crowned Bulgarian lion, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand, stretched forward. In front of her are a pal- ette, a lyre, a globe, and a book; on the background is featured the front of a temple with the stature of the god- dess Pallas Athene. Below is inscribed: "3A HAYKA И ИСКУСТВО" (slightly changed into "ЗА НАУКА И ИЗКУСТBO❞ in Boris's and the Republican issue).
This award is worn on a triangular ribbon, with red and white stripes, edged with white and green.
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