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Medal, bronze, commemorating Justus von Liebig, German chemist, by Brehmer, German, 1870

Medal commemorating Justus von Liebig

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1870

Bronze medal, commemorates Edith Cavell and Marie Depage, who both died in 1915, artist A. Bonnetain, maker Fonson et Cie, medal Belgian, 1919; obverse, Portraits of Marie Depage and Edith Cavell [wearing nurse's cap] looking left, with laurel branch behind, reverse legend 1915; REMEMBER!.

Edith Cavell and Marie Depage, Remember 1915 commemorative medal

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1919

Silver medal to commemorate J.W. von Goethe (1749-1832), by Koenig and Loos, Germany, 1832

Silver medal to commemorate J.W. von Goethe (1749-

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1832

Bronze medal, commemorates the exhibition of L. Gallait's work, artist Braemt, medal Belgian, 1841

Medal commemorating Louis Gallait

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1841

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the 70th birthday of Professor Anton Drasche, an Austrian epidemiologist, made by Anton Scharff, Austria, 1896. Obverse: bust portrait of Anton Drasche. legend: HOFRATH PROFESSOR Dr. ANTON DRASCHE/GEB/2. JULI 1826. Reverse: DANKBARKEIT GEWT./V.S. FREUNDEN. COLLEGEN v. SCHULERN. Reverse depicts doctor, nun and angel at bedside of patient. 58 mm diameter, 4 mm thick

Medal commemorating Anton Drasche

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1896

Silver medal, commemorates Jeno Zichy, artist A.Scharff, medal Hungarian, 1879

Medal commemorating Jeno Zichy

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1879

Rectangular bronze medal by Paul Richer, commemorating Prof. Pierre Delbet, surgeon and sculptor, on his appointment as Professor of clinical surgery in Paris, French, 1910

Rectangular bronze medal by Paul Richer, commemora

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1910

Medal, bronze, commemorating Jean-Baptiste Auguste Chauveau, French physiologist, by Paul Richer, French, 1903

Medal commemorating Auguste Chauveau

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1903

Bronze medal commemorating Marie Francois Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist and the Society "Medicale D'Emulation" of Paris, which he founded, by Galle, French, 1807

Bronze medal commemorating Marie Francois Xavier B

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1807

Circular silver medal, commemorates Louis-Claude Bourdelin, Dean of the Paris Medical School 1736-1738, designed by Jean DuVivier, French 1736-1738

Circular silver medal, commemorates Louis-Claude B

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1736-1738

Bronze medal to commemorate B.F. Suerman, jubilee of professor at Utrecht University, by D. van der Kellen, 1859

Medal commemorating Bernard Francis Suerman

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1859

Bronze medal, rectangular, Prof. Fernand Lemaitre, France, 1881-1940

Bronze medal, rectangular, Prof. Fernand Lemaitre,

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1881-1940

Three rectangular bronze medals commemorate the work of Felizet, artist F. Gilbault, plaque French, 1905

Three rectangular bronze medals commemorate the wo

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1905

Bronze medal, commemorates A.J. Retzius, naturalist and professor of botany at Lund, artist unknown, initals M.F., Sweden(?) 1842 attributed to Frumerie

Bronze medal commemorating A J Retzius

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1842

Bronze medal by M.F. commemorating Dr. N. Dalberg, metallurgist, Swedish, 1816, correctly attributed to Frumerie

Bronze medal commemorating Nic Dalberg

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1816

Medal, bronze, to commemorate Christoph Knape's fiftieth anniversary of his doctorate, by artist Karl Friedrich Voigt, and by G. Loos, Germany, 1823.

Medal, bronze, to commemorate Christoph Knape's fi

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1823

Rectangular bronze medal by K. Plaeht, commemorating Dr. Rudolf Virchow, German, 1902

Rectangular bronze medal by K. Plaeht, commemorati

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1902

Silver medal by S. Jacobsen, commemorating 65th birthday of Prof. Henrich Callisen from his students, European, 1805

Silver medal by S. Jacobsen, commemorating 65th bi

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1805

Bronze medal to commemorate Lord Kelvin, English, 1894

Medal to commemorate Lord Kelvin

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1894

Silvered bronze medal, by E. Lanteri, commemorating 70th birthday of Dr. Ludwig Mond F.R. S., with case, English, 1909

Medal commemorating Mond's 70th birthday

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1909

Pewter medal commemorating Dr. Christopher I. Trew, by Vestner, European, 1736

Pewter medal commemorating Dr. Christopher I. Trew

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1736

Cast, clay of medal of a John Henning, sculptor, 1842, original probably 1811(?), with five sheets of documentation in form of essay written on Henning by an unknown acquaintance, English, 1842(?)

Cast, clay of medal of a John Henning, sculptor, 1

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1842

Circular bronze medal, commemorated Dr. Joseph Hyrtl, and his 70th birthday, from the Viennese Medical School, designed by A. Scharff, Austrian, 1880

Medal to commemorate Joseph Hyrtl

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1880

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the 70th birthday of Professor Anton Drasche, an Austrian epidemiologist, made by Anton Scharff, Austria, 1896. Obverse: bust portrait of Anton Drasche. legend: HOFRATH PROFESSOR Dr. ANTON DRASCHE/GEB/2. JULI 1826. Reverse: DANKBARKEIT GEWT./V.S. FREUNDEN. COLLEGEN v. SCHULERN. Reverse depicts doctor, nun and angel at bedside of patient. 58 mm diameter, 4 mm thick

Medal commemorating Anton Drasche

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1896

Bronze medal, to commemorate H.M. Stanley, presented by the city of Antwerp, by F. Baetes, Belgium, 1890

Bronze medal, to commemorate H.M. Stanley, present

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1890

Circular bronze medal, commemorating nurse Edith Cavell and Marie Depage, designed by A. Bonnetain, made by Fonson et Cie [and Company], Belgium, 1919

Edith Cavell and Marie Depage, Remember 1915, commemorative medal

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1919

Circular bronze medal to commemorate the Belgian physician Dr. Lucien Wilmort, designed by Louis Francois Joseph Dupuis, made by Paul Fisch, Belgium, 1905.

Medal to commemorate Lucien Wilmort

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1905

Bronze medal to commemorate the centenary of the birth of P. Schutzenberger (1829-1897), by C. Urbain, France, 1929

Bronze medal commemorating Paul Schutzenberger

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1929

Medal, silver-plated bronze, to commemorate the sculptor A.L. Barye,by A. Patey, France, 1875-1910

Medal, silver-plated bronze, to commemorate the sc

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1875-1910

Circular white metal medal in leather case, commemorates Jons Jakob Berzelius 30 years as a perpetual secretary of Academy of Science in Stockholm, made by C.G. Quarnstrom, Swedish, 1848-1900

Medal commemorating Jons Jakob Berzelius

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after 1848

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Baron Nordenskiold's discovery of the North East Passage, designed by Lindberg, Swedish, 1879

Medal commemorating Baron Nordenskold's discovery of the North East Passage

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1879

Silver medal commemorating Xavier Bichat, membership badge(?) of Societe Medicale D' Emulation de Paris, by Andre Galle, French, 1808

Medal commemorating Xavier Bichat

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1808

Bronze medal commemorating A. Delcommune, Belgian explorer of Katanga and Congo basin, by G. Devreese and J. Fonson, Belgian, 1893-1920

Alexander Delcommune, explorer

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1893-1920

Bronze medal, to commemoratd A. Eiselsberg, by J. Tautenhayn Junior, Austria, 1930

Bronze medal, to commemoratd A. Eiselsberg, by J.

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1930

Bronze medal, commemorates Baart de la Faille, who died before he received his medal, artist van der Kellen (obverse) and J.P. Menger (reverse), medal, Dutch, 1867

Medal commemorating Jacob Baart de la Faille

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1867

Circular bronze medal, commemorates the 100th anniversary of Henri Guyot founding the Institute for Deaf-Mutes in Groningen in 1790, obverse designed by Van der Kellen, in 1840, reverse by W.S., Dutch, 1890

Circular bronze medal, commemorates the 100th anni

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1840-1890

Silver medal, Deans medal of the Paris Medical School, commemorates E.C. Bourru, artist Duvivier, medal is French, 1789

Silver medal, Deans medal of the Paris Medical Sch

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1789

Bronze medal to commemorate E.W. von Brucke (1819-1892), prof. of physiology at Vienna, issued at the 8th International Physiological Congress, Vienna, 1910, by P. Breithut, Austria, 1910

Medal commemorating Ernst W ilhelm von Brucke

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1910

Bronze medal by E. Wulleput commemorating statue of Jean Palfyn, by P. Fisch, and town of Kortrijk, Belgian, 1830-1900

Bronze medal by E. Wulleput commemorating statue o

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1830-1900

Bronze medal to commemorate N.G. Sefstrom, by Lundgren, Sweden, 1839

Bronze medal to commemorate N G Sefstrom

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1839

Bronze medal, commemorating Antonia Canova, Italian sculptor, 1757-1822, by Putinati, Italian, c.1820-1845

Bronze medal, commemorating Antonia Canova, Italia

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1820-1845

Bronze medal to commemorate Johann Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor, Germany, 1850

Bronze medal to commemorate Johann Gottfried Schad

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1850

Bronze medal, commemorating Giovanni Rasori, an Italian doctor, designed by E. Galli, Italian, 1837-1840

Giovanni Rasori

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1837-1840

Bronze medal to commemorate Richard Mead, by L. Pingo, England, 1754

Medal commemorating Richard Mead, physician

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1754

Bronze medal to commemorate Agassiz (1807-1873), by W. Barber, England, 1873-1880

Medal commemorating Louis Agassiz

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1873-1880

Silver medal to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, made by the Bavarian State Mint (Bayer Hauptmunzamt), by K. Goetz, Germany, 1909

Medal to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin

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1909

Silver medal commemorating death of Gerard van Swieten, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, by A. Wideman, Austrian, 1772

Silver medal commemorating van Swieten

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1772

Medal, silver, commemorating 70th birthday of Dr. Anton Drasche, Hofrath Professor in Vienna, Austrian, 1896, by Anton Scharff. Obverse: HOFRATH PROFESSOR Dr. ANTON DRASCHE/GEB./2.JULI/1826. Reverse: IN/DANKBARKEITGENT./2 JULI 1896/V.S. FREUNDEN/COLLEGEN u. SCHULERN

Medal commemorating Anton Drasche

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1896

Bronze medal commemorating Baron Antoine de Mantyon and Benjamin Franklin, issued by society formed to propagate information about famous philanthropists, by Barre, French, 1833

Mantyon and Franklin Medal, 1833

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1833

Bronze medal to commemorate A.M. Ampere, by J.C. Chaplain, France, 1836-1936

Medal commemorating Ampere

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1870-1909