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France, Claude Bernard, 1879, a silver medal by A. Borrel, bust right, reverse legend within and around wreath, 68mm (CGMP p.56; BDM I, 221; Gaz. Num. 1904, p.15, 47). Extremely fine, rare (£60-80)

Claude Bernard (1813-1878), chemist and member of the Académie Française