Medal commemorating 'Decouverte de la Penicilline'

Made:: 1945 in France

maker:: R B Baron

Bronze medal commemorating Fleming's 1945 Nobel Prize. Bronze; 68mm diameter, 4mm deep. Rim legend: Bronze. Obverse: Head relief profile to right, legend Alexander Fleming Prix Nobel 1945, artist signed lr, R B Baron. Reverse: legend Decouverte de la Penicilline; relief scenes of microscope, petri dish, mould and spores. With easel display stand, metal, overall 6x7cm

Details

Category:: Coins, Medals & Tokens

Object Number:: 1997-732

Materials:: bronze and metal (unknown)

Measurements:: medal: 4 mm, 68 mm,

type:: commemorative medal and stand

credit:: Christie's South Kensington Limited

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Medal commemorating 'Decouverte de la Penicilline'

Bronze medal commemorating Fleming's 1945 Nobel Prize. Obverse shows head relief profile to right, legend 'Alexander Fleming Prix Nobel 1945', artist signed lr, R B Baron. Reverse engraved with legend 'Decouverte de la Penicilline' and relief scenes of microscope, petri dish, mould and spores.