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With engraved plaque 'LADY THATCHER/THE ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION', stamped '235/1990', inscribed 'G. (?) Lundeen © 1990', on a mahogany plinth mounted with the arms of the 'UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1740-1990/250TH ANNIVERSARY'; together with a gilt-metal medallion, cast with the head of Lady Thatcher in profile and with 'MARGARET THE LADY THATCHER MEDALLION/ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE/SCHOLARSHIP - CHARACTER - SERVICE' and verso 'THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY VIRGINIA/SCHOOL OF EDUCATION/1693', cased; a circular glass award etched with a portrait of Mrs Thatcher and with inscription 'Living Legend, Margaret Thatcher, Dallas, October 12th, 1994, M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre; and a cut glass bowl with etched inscription 'M.V. REGAL PRINCESS, NAMED BY THE RT. HON. MARGARET THATCHER OM FRS MP, NEW YORK, 8th AUGUST 1991, THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'
The sculpture 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide
The medal 3 in. (7.5 cm.) diameter
The cut glass bowl 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; 7 in. (18 cm.) diameter


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The figure of Benjamin Franklin is after the life size original, which is positioned near to the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Medallion: Mrs Thatcher served as eighth (post colonial period) Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, from 1993-2000.

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