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Franciscus Cornelis Donders, medal struck in honor of his seventieth birthday
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Bronze medal. Obverse: male head in profile to the right + rim text and two stars left and right. Reverse: inscription within laurel wreath and rim text. Marked; on the side: caduceus. Rim text obverse: FRANCISCVS CORNELVS DONDERS. DXXVII MAII A. MDCCCXVIII. MDCCCLXXXVIII. Inscription reverse: PER / VARIAS / GENTES / ILLVSTRIS / BATAVI / ADMIRHTIONE / JUNCTI. + (rim text): IN / MEMORIAM / DIEI / QVO / CONDITVM PIVM CORPVS / IPSIVS / NOMINE / INSIGNE.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFranciscus Cornelis Donders, penning geslagen ter ere van zijn zeventigste verjaardag. 1888. Ludwig Jünger. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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