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Sold on 30 March 2011

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A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps

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№ 309 x

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£45

Veterinary Medical Association Medal, obverse: a snake wound around the trunk of a tree; reverse: engraved, ‘Veterinary Medical Association. Awarded to Mr William Litt for his Thesis on the Teeth of Animals. Session 1839-40. Instituted 1836’, 63mm., silver, with ornamented border, hallmarked, with loop suspension, minor scratches, very fine £60-80

William Litt of Shrewsbury qualified from the Royal Veterinary College, London on 31 March 1841. He died on 10 February 1868.