World Historical Medals
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Lot 2472 SESSION 9 (4.30PM WEDNESDAY 26 JULY) World Historical Medals
Estimate $120
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $200
FRANCE, Louis Pasteur's 70th Birthday, 1822, in silvered bronze (48x67mm), by O.Roty, obverse, left facing bust of Pasteur wearing cap, reverse, floral display and commemorative inscription; Society for Protection of Workers, Honorable Mention medal, (1873), in silvered bronze (55mm), obverse, goddess holding spear and shield with motto, Omnia Per Virtutia Et Laborer (All Through The Power of Labor), with workers tools, farm products and a locomotive around, reverse, wreath with starburst above and two hands shaking below and under the hands, 'Aidons Nous Les Uns Les Autres' (Helping Each Other), in centre of wreath, Mention-Honorable 2nd class to (inscribed), 'Boisselet/Auguste/1873'; Georges Urbain Discoverer of Rare Earth Elements of Lutecium and Celtium, 1938, in bronze (60x80mm), by N.Aronson, obverse, head of Urbain left, reverse, chemistry laboratory scene. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
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