Comments on Chadwick's Nobel Diploma, by Dr. Burton Feldman, author of The Nobel Prize: a History of Genius, Controversey, and Prestige (Arcade, 2000) , in a letter to J. Schramek, 10 June 2001
"The portfolio you sent me of Chadwick's Nobel diploma is simply exquisite. Thanks very much for sending it. I have seen many reproductions of the diplomas, but your packet is as close as I have ever come to handling one. And it's an eye opener. They can stand by themselves for beauty, apart from the Nobel link. The tooling is remarkable. Each diploma obviously must be done by hand- I can't believe any machine could produce such a work of art. And they are so classically simple and elegant."
Front Exterior
for Einstein's Nobel Prize diploma, at the website of the Hebrew University,
LINKS are shown by buttons, and by red text UNDERLINED
Cypher expresses Laureates initials
Above is the front exterior of the 1961Medical Prize Diploma of G. von Békésy ; note the lack of the elaborate gilting by the edges and corners , and around the circumference of the cypher, as contrasted with the elaborate gilting on the Chadwick diploma . Einstein's similarly lacks the elaborate gilting on the Chadwick diploma .
full size depiction of leather and gilt
close-up of leather and gilt
Diploma, shot of top edge, tilted to show front
Diploma, shot of binder (side), tilted to show front
Most Nobel Diplomas we have seen (in Institutions) are warped in various ways; thus we call attention to the condition of Chadwick's, the only Nobel diploma ever for sale on the world-wide web.
Diploma, standing on edge
Diploma, shot of side
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Crushed (hard) Morocco Leather binder, as used by U.S.Government on its Treaty documents. Richly-gilted embellishment, by Beck & Son, (Stockholm) who made the Swedish Diplomas from their inception until the mid-1960's (and, for
Physics Chemistry, and Economics, the early 1970's)
; post-Beck Diplomas have plain covers with Laureate's name in a plain font.
Chadwick's is the only Nobel diploma ever for sale on the world-wide web, the only Physics diploma ever for sale, and the only Nobel diploma ever for sale which is embellished to this extent. Price available upon request.
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Nobel Prize diploma
