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France, The French Youth to Michel Chevreul on his 100th Birthday, 1886, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, bust right with wavy hair, reverse female student with seated figure of Chevreul, 69mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 14; PBE 840; CGMP p.359; BDM V, 231; Baxter 32; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.135, 12; cf. DNW 47, 845). Light discolouration above bust, otherwise good very fine, rare in silver (£80-100)

Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889), chemist and member of the Académie des Sciences. Reverse only illustrated, reduced