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The Nobel Peace Prize Medal
Registered trademark of the
Nobel Foundation
designed by
Gustav Vigeland

The inscription reads:

Pro pace et fraternitate gentium


translated
"For the peace and brotherhood of men."

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Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize

An excerpt from Nobel's Will:

". . . annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. . . . divided into five equal parts, . . . and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses. . . ."

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