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 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.

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. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.ukphilately.org.uk/haward.htm#congress
2. ^ ^{a b} "Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, Part 3, 1946-1970" by Colin Searle in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, April 2009, pp.85-90.

Further reading

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

External links

• UK Philately Awards & Congress Medal image.
• ABPS Congress Medal History.