Horcrux possibility

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 134651

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<glcherry at b...> wrote:

Lorrie:
> Don't have PS / SS, or CoS right now (I've loaned them out), so 
would
> someone check this for me.
> 
> Isn't there a scene in one of them when Harry is looking in a glass
> case at Hogwarts and sees a medal award to Tom Riddle for Special
> Services to the School?
> 
> I'm pretty sure it's in CoS.
> 
> If Riddles diary was one, and the locket possibly another, I assume
> the award could be as well. Something tangible of his still in 
Hogwarts.

Geoff:
 
I think this is what you are looking for, and interestingly, there 
are two items involved:

'Harry saw at once that it was a diary and the faded year on the 
cover told him it was fifty years old. He opened it eagerly. On the 
first page, he could just make out the name 'T.M.Riddle' in smudged 
ink.
"Hang on," said Ron who had approached cautiously and was looking 
over Harry's shoulder. "I know that name... T.M.Riddle got an award 
for special services to the school fifty years ago."
"How on earth d'you know that?" said Harry in amazement.
"Because Filch made me polish his shield about fifty times in 
detention," said Ron resentfully.'

(COS "The Very Secret Diary" pp.172-73 UK edition)

'Nevertheless, Harry was determined to find out more about Riddle so, 
next day at break, he headed for the trophy room to examine Riddle's 
special award, accompanied by an interested Hermione and a thoroughly 
unconvinced Ron, who told them he'd seen enough of the trophy room to 
last him a lifetime.
Riddle's burnished gold shield was tucked away in a corner cabinet. 
It didn't carry details of why it had been given to him ("Good thing 
too, or it'd be even bigger and I'd still be polishing it," said 
Ron). However, they did find Riddle's name on an old Medal for 
Magical Merit and on a list of old Head Boys.'

(ibid. pp.174-75)