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Contact sheet of Sir Peter Ustinov receiving the 1958 Benjamin Franklin Medal and chairing a lecture by Roger Coleman, Design Age, Royal College of Art entitled Breaking the Age Barrier
RSA/PR/GE/100/19/133 · Item · 12/3/1997
Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

Sir Peter Ustinov finally received the 1958 Benjamin Franklin Medal 'for his work in the field of drama' as in 1958 it was not possible to present the award. In accepting the award, Sir Peter said he was especially pleased because for years he was afraid he had been given the medal but had lost it.
David Diebold, Chairman of the Fellows of the RSA in the United States, speaking at a dinner held for RSA fellows and their guests at the Smithsonian Castle, Washington DC, United States
RSA/PR/GE/100/19/66 · Item · 15/5/1991
Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

Held on the same day as the presentation of the Benjamin Franklin Medal to Sir David Attenborough, he was also a guest speaker at the dinner held at the Smithsonian Castle