Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes. Includes the Ellen Judson Collection of British Tokens (Part II)

Robert Tigerstedt, 1913, a bronze medal by V. Vallgren, bust left, rev. draped figure before the Helsingfors clinic, 55mm (BDM VIII, 246); H. Truc, 1927, a bronze medal by H. Dropsy, bust left, rev. façade of clinic, 68mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 69); E. Villard, c.1935, a bronze medal by C. Linossier for Augis, rev. classical surgeon operates on youthful female cadaver, 60mm (cf. BDW 9, 770); Fernand Widal, a bronze medal by A. Maillard, bust left, rev. figure of Science holds torch aloft, 68mm [4]. Extremely fine or nearly so; first in red leather case of issue (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medical Medals.

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Robert Tigerstedt (1853-1923), Finnish physician; H. Truc, professor of opthalmology, Montpelier; Georges Fernand Isadore Widal (1862-1929), Algerian-born physician