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№ 66

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6 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£25

Bureau, R. (presumed French), after Darcq, Albert (French, 1848-1895); b. Lille

FRANCE, Centenaire d’Établissements Kuhlmann, Lille, 1925, a bronze medal by R. Bureau after A. Darcq, bust of Frédéric Kuhlmann right, rev. legend, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 61mm, 96.18g. Very fine; in green gilt-blocked case of issue £15-£25

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt Simmons, June 2015

Charles Frédéric Kuhlmann (1803-81) was a French chemist who patented the reaction for converting ammonia to nitric acid.