Six medals relating to the work of Cross & Bevan Laboratories, Arlesey, Beds, on the discovery 1892 and development of viscose, and new cellulose derivatives and products therefrom, c1892-1905. For details please see 1992-727/1 to /6
Medal won by Cross and Bevan for their viscose stockings at the Paris Exhibition of 1900. Bronze (gold plated?); diameter 51mm in red box 9x9x1.5cm. stamped bronze on rim. reverse: border inscription Societe d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale, (in exergue) A MM Cross Bevan et Beadle / viscose / 1900. obverse: relief figure of Scientia, chemical apparatus and instruments at her feet, handing out wreaths, dated below MDCCC1 [1801]
'The John Scott medal - to the most deserving' awarded to 'C F Cross, E J Bevan and C Beadle for their New Cellulose derivatives and Products therefrom, on the recommendation of the Franklin Institute 1895' by the City of / Philadelphia [USA]. Bronze, ht 10mm x diameter 102mm in box 155x155x25mm.
'The John Scott medal - to the most deserving' awarded to 'C F Cross, E J Bevan and C Beadle for their New Cellulose derivatives and Products therefrom, on the recommendation of the Franklin Institute 1895' by the City of / Philadelphia [USA]. Bronze, ht 10mm x diameter 102mm in box 155x155x25mm.
Gold plated medal, which is a copy of that awarded to Cross and Bevan by the Society of Chemistry and Industry [1895-1905?], plus box for medal, by William Joseph Taylor, Holborn, London, England, 1895-1905
Gold plated medal, which is a copy of that awarded to Cross and Bevan by the Society of Chemistry and Industry [1895-1905?], by William Joseph Taylor, Holborn, London, England, 1895-1905. Medal Obverse: ‘Soc. Chem. Indvstr. Optime Merenti’. Medal Rim: ‘COPY’. Medal Reverse: four muses of elements earth, air, fire and water surrounding central sunhead
Box, for gold plated medal, by William Joseph Taylor, Holborn, London, England, 1895-1905
Medal, commemorating Otto Witt 1853-1915, designed by H Arnoldt. - Germany, [c1900-1920?], (possibly awarded to Cross and Bevan?). Bronze, ht 10mm, diameter 77mm in box 12x12x2.5cm. rim: AG & S. obverse: Otto N. Witt MCMXIII Aetatis suae LX, bust relief profile to R, signed on edge by H. Arnoldt. reverse: Dem Chemiker, Dem Naturforscher, Dem Meister des Wortes [over] lamp and swag
Medal, Swedish, designed by A Lindberg, issued for the Allmann Kunst och Industriutstallningen I Stockholm 1897. Possibly awarded to Cross and Bevan for their work on viscose. gilded? bronze, ht 4mm, diameter 60mm in John Pinches box 11x11x2cm. obverse: head of King Oscar II, profile relief to L, signed A Lindberg on edge. reverse: muse over city, with exhibition inscription, dated 1897.
