A renowned architect who was denied a prestigious design award has finally been honoured - 70 years on.
Berlin native Antony Wolffe came top of his class at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) in 1944 but the medal he should have won was offered to another student because of sensitivity over the war with Germany.
Last night the 94-year-old was presented with the City of Edinburgh Medal for Civic Design in a ceremony at the ECA, now hosting a retrospective of his work.
Mr Wolffe, who received an MBE for services to architecture, said: "I am chuffed. I never thought this would happen. It is wonderful and extraordinary. I've lived longer than I ever thought I truly would, so to see this exhibition of my work and to finally receive this medal, it is quite exciting."
Born in 1920, Mr Wolffe fled his homeland in 1937 to escape Nazi oppression.
He received a scholarship of £80 a year to study at the ECA but his student years were interrupted by a period of internment in Quebec and the Isle of Man as an "enemy alien".
The aspiring architect came top of his class in the final year and he remained in Scotland, spending the majority of his career based in Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway where he ran an architect's office and worked as an inspector of historic buildings.
He was awarded the MBE in 1994 and only retired in 2012, aged 92.
Ahead of last night's ceremony ECA officials sourced the original design medal mould and ordered a new version to be cast in silver.
The free exhibition of Mr Wolffe's work has been organised by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) and the ECA.
It is open at ECA's Minto House on Chambers Street until January 30.
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