Australian Historical Medals
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Lot 1022 Session 4 (4.30pm Tuesday) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $70
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FRANCE, Boyveau-Laffecteur, 1841, bronze (gilt, 41mm), by Montagny. Extremely fine.
Engraved in the early 19th century by the famous engraver Montagny, as an hommage to Doctor Boyveau-Laffecteur who found a cure against syphilis. This doctor worked during the Empire, under Napoleon's reign, selling his medicine principally in France and Belgium.
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