Rudolf Ludwig Virchow Medal

Title: Rudolf Ludwig Virchow Medal
Description: Silver. 1902. Unsigned. Posthumous. Honoring the great man, physician and teacher on his death.

Obverse: Clothed bust to right, wearing spectacles, framed by laurel branches crossed and tied below; in field at right, RUDOLPH / VIRCHOW in two lines; the whole within a beaded circle.

Reverse: DEM / EDLEN MENSCHEN / DEM GROSSEN ARTZ / UND LEHRER / cross symbol, 5 . SEPTBR. / 1902 in six lines framed below and at left by palm and laurel branches, with urn on its side on left and staff of Aesculapius topped with a torch on right of the date; the whole within a beaded circle.

Edge: Number 990 incused
Coverage: Germany
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1902
Extent: 33 mm
Language: German
Medium: Silver