World Historical Medals
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Lot 2821 Session 10 (7:30pm Wednesday 1st August) World Historical Medals
Estimate $100
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SOLD $120
ITALY, Luigi Galvani, biologist, circa 1800, in white metal (68mm), by Tommaso Mercandetti, obverse, bust facing right, reverse, seated figure stimulating a dead frog's leg with an electrical current; Giuseppe Garibaldi, Second War of Independence, 1859, in white metal (58mm), by F. Magniadas, obverse, bust facing half left, reverse, legend. Very fine. (2)
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