The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

PORTUGAL, Hospital de José Joaquim Fernandes, Beja, 1970, a bronze medal, unsigned [by A. de Paiva] for the Ministerio das Obras Publicas, elevation of hospital, rev. sun shining on inverted tree with fruit, edge impressed gravo, 80mm, 193.57g. Extremely fine £10-£15

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

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bt Simmons, November 2002

José Joaquim Fernandes (1907-62); the hospital bearing his name was opened in 25 October 1970 by the then President of the Republic, Admiral Américo Thomaz Rodrigues God, and partly financed by Fernandes’ widow, D. Carolina Almodovar Fernandes (1913-2009).