Fifty years of existence of the Institute for Tropical Medicine, awarded to Nicolaas Swellengrebel.

Arthur Dupagne, 1956

voorzijde: buste van koning Leopold II naar links, keerzijde: man met microscoop, naar links

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  • Object numberNG-2023-92-5-7
  • Dimensionsdiameter 70 mm x weight 158.59 g

Identification

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    Fifty years of existence of the Institute for Tropical Medicine, awarded to Nicolaas Swellengrebel.

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    NG-2023-92-5-7

  • Description

    voorzijde: buste van koning Leopold II naar links, keerzijde: man met microscoop, naar links

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription: ‘1906 - 1956’
    • inscription: ‘PROFESSOR N . SWELLENGREBEL’
    • stamp: ‘FONSON’
    • circumscription: ‘LEOPOLDUS II - REX BELGARUM’
    • circumscription: ‘INSTITUUT VOOR TROPISCHE GENEESKUNDE / PRINS LEOPOLD / INSTITUT DE MEDECINE PROPICALE / PRINCE LEOPOLD’

Creation

  • Creation

    • medalist: Arthur Dupagne, Brussels
    • maker: Fonson & Cie, Brussels

  • Dating

    1956

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    diameter 70 mm x weight 158.59 g

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  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Fonds de Zuidroute/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Johan Huizinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2024

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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