Medals of centenarians / by F. Parkes Weber.

  • Frederick Parkes Weber
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Medals of centenarians / by F. Parkes Weber. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Em).—Inscription in seven lines :—A MOSE MONTE- FIORE SINTESI PEEFETTA DEL GIU- DAISMO NEL SVO OENTENARIO VIII KESVAN 5645 {i.e. the 8th day of the month Kesvan, Heshvan, or Cheshvan, anno mundi 5645). Diam. : 1-7 inches; struck; M (Dr. J. Brettauer). This medal, which is not signed by the medallist, was struck at Turin, according to Dr. Brettauer, or at Corfu according to the Catalogue of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition in London, 1887. 4. Ohv.—^In the centre, clothed bust of Sir Moses Monte- fiore to left, wearing cap. Hebrew inscription signifying : Moses Montefiore. vin [day of the month Heshvan] 5645 [anno mundi^-'^ Obv.—In the centre an ornamental device of the Hebrew letters of the word Jerusalem. Hebrew inscrip- tion signifying: If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. [Psalm cxxxvii., 5] Chesvan [i.e. the month, as on the medal, No. 3] 5645 [anno mundi']. Diam. : 1'4 inches, in form of a star of six points. A silver specimen is in the collection of Dr. J. Brettauer, of Trieste, to whom I am indebted for the description of the preceding medal also. Michel Eugene Chevreul, the celebrated French chemist, was born at Angers, 31st August, 1786, and died at Paris, 9th April, 1889. He was Professor of Applied Chemistry at Paris, Memhre de I'Acaclemie des Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. As late as 1885 he published a scientific memoir, and in the next year his hundredth birthday was pub- licly celebrated at Paris. The following medal by the well-known French medallist, 0. Roty, was
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