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

AUSTRIA, VIII Internationale Physiologen Kongress, Vienna [The 8th International Physiology Congress], 1910, a square bronze plaque by P. Breithut, bust of Ernst von Brücke right, rev. naked male figure taking leave of a bird flying into the sun, 66mm, 160.65g (Hauser 4686; Storer 503a; Wurzb. 985; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.5, 3; cf. DNW 137, 518). 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 Münz Zentrum Rheinland, May 2003

Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke (1819-92) was a physiologist, who pent most of his life in Vienna.