By Dr George Beccaloni, February 2022.
It is a seemingly extraordinary fact that Charles Darwin was not awarded any medals for his discovery of, or work on, evolution by natural selection, but it seems that the politics of his scientific colleagues prevented this. The medals he was awarded are as follows:
1853: Royal Medal of the Royal Society for his work on barnacles. See https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/timeline-life-charles-darwin
1859: Wollaston Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Geological Society of London, in recognition of his scientific contributions to Geology.
1864 Copley medal of the Royal Society for his achievements in Geology, Zoology and Physiological Botany.
1879: Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians for distinguished work in the science of physiology. See http://darwin-online.org.uk/converted/pdf/1879_BalyMedal_A1774.pdf