Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes. Includes the Ellen Judson Collection of British Tokens (Part II)

Centenary of the Birth of Claude Bernard, 1913, an aluminium plaque by A. Borrel for Deschiens, bust right, rev. legend (cf. Brettauer 83), 102 x 79mm (cf. BDW 13, 816); Léon Bernard, 1935, a bronze medal by R. Vautier, bust left, rev. legend, 80mm; Henri Berthelemy, 1934, a bronze medal by C. Pillet, bust right, rev. mother and two children, 68mm [3]. Last extremely fine, others very fine (£40-60)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medical Medals.

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Claude Bernard (1813-78), medical scientist and professor of physiology at the Collège de France; Léon Bernard (1872-1934), professor of hygiene and preventative medicine