Medal commemorating Leonhard Gyllenhaal

Made:: 1848 in Sweden

maker:: Pehr Henrik Lundgren

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Medal commemorating Leonhard Gyllenhaal
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Silver medal to commemorate L. Gyllenhaal (1752-1840), engraved by P. H. Lundgren, issued by the Royal Academy of Science, Sweden, 1848. Inscribed: Obverse: LEON.GYLLENHAAL ENTOMOL.SVEC.NAT.MDCCLII DEN.MDCCCXL, Reverse: DIVAM COLVIT IN IMAGINE PARVA/SOCIO MERITISS./R.ACAD.SCIENT. SVEC./ A MDCCCXLVIII translated as 'The goddess is worshiped in the little images'

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Category:: Wellcome Medals

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A678857

Materials:: silver

Measurements:: overall: 3 mm, 30 mm,

type:: personal medal

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