Auction Catalogue

6 July 2005

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Token, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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№ 1149

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6 July 2005

Hammer Price:
£100

Medical: England and Wales, London: Epidemiological Society, Jenner Medal, 1896, a bronze award medal by A. Wyon for Pinches, bust of Edward Jenner three-quarters left, rev. globe depicting the Eastern Hemisphere, edge named (A. Laveran, 1902), 64mm (Storer 1789; MJP p.37). Very fine and rare; only the second medal awarded (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Reverse only illustrated on the Plates. Charles-Louis-Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922), French army physician who discovered the cause of malaria in 1880, winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Physiology. The Jenner Medal, first awarded in 1898, is only awarded sparingly for distinguished work in epidemiological research (see next lot)