The Patron’s Medal is awarded from time to time for distinguished services to Anthropology and to the Institute.
A recommendation shall be made to the Patron by the Council on the recommendation of the Committee on Honours and Awards.
Design of the Medal
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 a crescent moon with a pentacle enclosed | Religion and Magic | |
| (c) A cogwheel and hand-axe | Industry and Crafts | |
| (d) The caduceus of Hermes Irismegistos (Thoth) | Science | |
| (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 | |
