Medal to commemorate Carl Ferdinand von Graefe

Medal to commemorate Carl Ferdinand von Graefe Medal to commemorate Carl Ferdinand von Graefe

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Medal to commemorate Carl Ferdinand von Graefe
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medal to commemorate Carl Ferdinand von Graefe
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Circular bronze medal, commemorating Carl Ferdinand Von Graefe (1787-1840), professor of surgery in Berlin, designed by C. K. Pfeuffer and made by G. B. Loos, German, 1829. Obverse: CAR.FERD. DE GRAEFE REGI A. CONS. MED. INT. CHIR. MILIT. SVMMO C. PRAEF. PLVR.ORD.EQ. (To Carl Ferdinand de Graefe, royal council, supreme head of the military medical services and surgery, knight of several orders.) Portrait bust looking left, marked at the base of the neck, G.LOOS DIR. C.PFEUFFER F.

Reverse: PROFESS./ MERITISSIMO/ CHIRVRGO/ INCOMPARABILI/ AVDITORES/ OBSEQVIOSISSIMI/D.VIII M.MART.A./ MDCCCXXIX (To the most deserved professor, the incomparable surgeon, [from] his most devoted audience on 8 March 1829.) Celebrating Graefe's 42 birthday. Diameter: 47,6 mm. Thickness 5 mm. Weight: 63,3 gram. Material: Bronze; Literature: Storer 1371. Freeman 212. Nilsson 245

Details

Category:
Wellcome Medals
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A670198
Materials:
bronze
Measurements:
overall: 48 mm, .064 kg
type:
medal