Godman-Salvin Medal

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{{Infobox award

| name = Godman-Salvin Prize (Medal)

| image = Godman Salvin medal.jpg

| caption = The Godman-Salvin medal was instituted in 1919, the medal was designed by Allan G. Wyon

| awarded_for = “as a signal honour for distinguished ornithological work”

| sponsor = British Ornithological Union (BOU)

| year = 1922

| website = {{URL|https://www.bou.org.uk/about-the-bou/governance-and-administration/medals-and-awards/}}

}}

The Godman-Salvin Medal is a medal of the British Ornithologists' Union awarded "to an individual as a signal honour for distinguished ornithological work."{{cite web |title=Medals and awards |work=British Ornithologists' Union |url=https://bou.org.uk/about-the-bou/governance-and-administration/medals-and-awards/ |access-date=10 September 2019}} It was instituted in 1919 in the memory of Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin.{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/ibis311brit#page/n817/mode/1up|page=759|title=Letters, Extracts, and notes|journal=Ibis|volume=63|issue=4|year=1921|author=Anon.|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1921.tb01299.x}}