Temple Gold Medal medal recipient. A silver medal would have been awarded to William B. T. Trego for "The March to Valley Forge", but he refused to accept it. Trego argued that if only one Temple medal was awarded it should be a gold, not a silver (which implied second place). Trego sued PAFA to be named the gold medal winner and claim the cash prize. After losing in a Philadelphia court, he took his appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which concurred with the lower court's ruling that PAFA's art jury had the right to issue awards as it saw fit. After
Medal for Heroic Deeds of King Harald V of Norway and the inscription reads «Harald den 5, Norges Konge» ("Harald the fifth, King of Norway"). The reverse features an oak reaf and the words «For edel dåd» ("For noble deed"). The ribbon is in the national colours of Norway: red, white and blue. Medal for Heroic Deeds The Medal for Heroic Deeds was instituted by royal resolution on 19 August 1885 and is awarded for honorable actions in saving lives or a comparable act. There was originally three classes, but from 1905 the medal has been awarded in gold and silver. To be awarded