The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

POLAND, 8 Konferencja Unii Chemii Czystej, Warsaw [8th International Conference of Chemistry], 1927, an Art Déco bronze plaque by J. Raszka, robed female standing right, head turned and holding a cup, emblems of chemistry in background, rev. symbolic architecture from the cities of Krakow and Warsaw, legend in 8 lines above, edge impressed mennicapanstwowaw warszawie [Warsaw State Mint], 91 x 58mm, 146.94g (Strzalkowski 587; Wiecek 113; cf. WAG 99, 358). Extremely fine £80-£100

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

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bt Simmons, December 2002

The conference was held from 4 to 14 September 1927, under the presidency of Ernst Cohen (1869-1944), Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Utrecht. Cohen was later to become a victim of the gas chambers at Auschwitz.