The ICMI Emma Castelnuovo, Felix Klein and Hans Freudenthal Medals
As a tangible sign of recognition, each awardee receives a certificate and a medal.
On the front of each medal can be seen
- Felix Klein (1849-1925)
- Hans Freudenthal (1905-1990)
- Emma Castelnuovo (1913-2013)
whose names were given to the awards. (See the ICMI Bulletin No. 51, December 2002, pp. 14-15, for brief information on Felix Klein an Hans Freundenthal two eminent scholars and past presidents of ICMI and also their cameos accessible on the ICMI history website.)
On the reverse side of the medals the name of the awardee is written (since 2020). Betwen 2003 and 2016 the logo of ICMI, surrounded by the name of the Commission, written in French and in the form of a circle, Commission internationale de l’enseignement mathématique was written. In 2020 it was decided to personalize the medals on the reverse side.
The Medals
The medals awarded between 2023 and 2020 were designed and produced at École Boulle in Paris, a renowned French school of art and design. Founded in 1886, École Boulle is named after a famous cabinet-maker of King Louis the 14th, André-Charles Boulle, after whom is also named a well-known curved chest of drawers. The ICMI medals, produced as a project in a course for students completing their degree at École Boulle, were conceived and made by Thomas Soufflard. The technique used by the student is that of modelled engraving, where a hollowed or relief motif is obtained by cast, strike, or ornamentation. The engraving was made by hand and the first medals were stroke-pressed a few weeks before ICME-10 at the Monnaie de Paris, using a special 600-ton press.
In 2021 new medals were created, modelled on 2003-2020 awards. The new medal was created by the artist Marianne Dietz, based in Berlin, Germany. They were pressed in Berlin and engraved by Claudius Riedmiller, based in Stuttgart, Germany.
Physical Medal
