Medal Collection (page 28)

Reverse of a medal commemorating the brilliant comet of November 1618. The message says that God sent us the starry comet as a warning to us to lead better lives

Obverse of a medal commemorating the brilliant comet of November 1618. This comet prompted many pamphlets, including Galileo Galileis (1564-1642) polemical masterpiece Il Saggiatore (The Assayer)

Reverse of a medal commemorating the bright comet of 1577
Reverse ofa medal commemorating the bright comet of 1577. Known as Brahes comet, this is the comet which convinced the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)

Obverse of a medal commemorating the bright comet of 1577. Known as Brahes comet, this is the comet which convinced the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)

Medal commemorating the discovery of smallpox vaccination in 1796 (1800)
Medal commemorating the discovery of smallpox vaccination in 1796, (1800). Children dancing round a garlanded cow. Edward Jenner (1749-1823)

Edgar Berillon, French psychologist, 1929
Edgar Berillon (1854-1948), French psychologist, c1929. Reverse of a medal struck to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Berillons (1854-1948)

Medal commemorating the discovery of penicillin, 1945
Medal commemorating the discovery of penicillin. Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) discovered penicillin in 1928

Henry Bessemer, British engineer and inventor, 19th century. Bessemer (1813-1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for the invention of a method of converting pig iron into steel

Medal commemorating Claude Bernard, French physiologist, 19th century. Bernard (1813-1878) investigated the liver, discovering glycogen

Claude Bernard, French physiologist, 19th century. From the obverse of a commemorative medal. Bernard (1813-1878) investigated the liver, discovering glycogen

Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, 1860
Samuel Hahnemann, German physician. Hahnemann (1755-1843) founded the branch of medicine known as homeopathy in c1798. Engraving after a commemorative medal

Reverse of commemorative medal for Joseph Priestley, English chemist, 1803
Reverse of commemorative medal for Joseph Priestley, English Presbyterian minister and chemist, 1803. Showing his pneumatic trough for collecting gases, and other equipment

Obverse of commemorative medal for Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), 1803. English Presbyterian minister and chemist

Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, late 19th century. Obverse of the Royal Society Davy medal, nstituted in 1877 and awarded annually for an outstanding recent discovery in chemistry

Albert Einstein (1879-1955), mathematical physicist, c1979. Medal awarded annually to deserving individuals for outstanding scientific findings, works, or publications related to Albert Einstein

Reverse of medal commemorating 50 years of cinematography by the Lumiere brothers, 1945. August (1862-1954) and Louis Lumiere (1864-1948), French chemists and pioneers of cinematography, 1945

Obverse of medal commemorating 50 years of cinematography by the Lumiere brothers, 1945. August (1862-1954) and Louis Lumiere (1864-1948), French chemists and pioneers of cinematography

Louis Jean Lumiere (1864-1948), pioneer of cinematography, c1935
Louis Jean Lumiere (1864-1948), French chemist and pioneer of cinematography, c1935. Collaborated with his elder brother, Auguste. From obverse of commemorative plaquette

Etienne Jules Marey (1830-1903), French physiologist, 19th century. Pioneer of cinematography. From reverse of commemorative plaquette showing Marey at his desk

Etienne Jules Marey (1830-1903), with cine camera, 1903
Etienne Jules Marey (1830-1903), French physiologist, with cine camera, 1903. Top: Chambre chrono-photographique, the first cine-camera, is used to study movement of creatures in aquarium

Medal commemorating Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1967. Obverse of a medal issued in 1967 to commemorate the centenary of her birth

Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic explorer, 1914
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), British Antarctic explorer, 1914. Portrait surrounded by vignettes of his fatal expedition to South Pole

Medal commemorating Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals. Van der Waals (1837-1923) won the 1910 Nobel prize for physics for his work on the equation defining the physical state of gases or

Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist. Van der Waals (1837-1923) won the 1910 Nobel prize for physics for his work on the equation defining the physical state of gases or liquids

Marco Polo, Venetian traveller and merchant, 19th century. Together with his father Niccolo and uncle Matteo, Marco Polo (1254-1324) set off from Venice for Asia in 1271

Alexander Fleming Prix Nobel 1945. Nobel prize medal awarded to bacteriologist Alexander Fleming. Fleming is shown in profile, in relief, with French text round the edge

Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist and physician, 16th century. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist, physician and pioneer of medical chemistry, 16th century

Medal of a sleeping nymph and two satyrs, 16th century. Artist: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia
Medal of a sleeping nymph and two satyrs from Brescia, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 16th century

Medal of Paracelsus
German medal of Paracelsus, now in the British Museum

Portrait of Louis XIV, 17th century
Portrait of Louis XIV on a medal, 17th century

A German medal depicting Paracelsus, 16th century
A German medal depicting Paracelsus (11 November or 17 December 1493 - 24 September 1541) from the British Museums collection

Portrait head on a medal of Louis XIV, 17th century
Portrait head on a medal of Louis XIV (5 September 1638 - 1 September 1715), 17th century

Gold medal of the Roman emperor Valens (328 ? 9 August 378)

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in the uniform of the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon Regiment, 1896. Nicholas (1868-1918) succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with the Cross of Saint Vladimir, 1905. Artist: Genrich Maniser
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with the Cross of Saint Vladimir, 1905. Nicholas (1868-1918) succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894

Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, 1820s. Artist: George Dawe
Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, 1820s. Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg (1729-1828) was the second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia, who she married in 1776 when he was still heir to the throne

Portrait of Duke Peter of Oldenburg, 1842. Artist: Joseph-Desire Court
Portrait of Duke Peter of Oldenburg, 1842. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, early 20th century. Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich (1858-1915) was the fourth child of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia

The Duke of Cambridge presenting the Crimean Medal to French soldiers, 1856. George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), English soldier and cousin of Queen Victoria

Robert Henry Sale, c1845. Sale (1784-1845) British soldier who from 1798 served mainly in India and Afghanistan and rose to the rank of Major-General in the army of the British East India Company

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, c1803. Wellington (1769-1852), Anglo-Irish soldier and stateman, during his service in India, where he became Governor of Mysore, 1799-1805

Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Irish-born British soldier and statesman. Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898)

Alexei Brusilov, Russian soldier, c1914-c1917. A general during World War I, Brusilov (1856-1926) planned and commanded a major offensive against Austria-Hungary in 1916

Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, Russian general, 1917. Grand Duke Nicholas (1856-1929) was appointed Commander-in-chief of the Russian army at the outbreak of World War I

Alexei Brusilov, Russian soldier, 1917. A general during World War I, Brusilov (1856-1926) planned and commanded a major offensive against Austria-Hungary in 1916

(Salomon) August Andree (1854-1897), Swedish engineer and balloonist, 1897. In 1897 Andree made an attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon

Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, c1890. The Duke of Connaught had a distinguished career in the British Army

Kitchener of Khartoum in dress uniform, c 1900s. Irish-born British soldier and statesman Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916)

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