Medal - `Philosophie zoologique` by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 150th Anniversary

€424,576.00

Location	Soviet Union
Year	1959
Type	Commemorative medals/Personality medals
Composition	Tombac
Weight	114.31 g
Diameter	65 mm
Thickness
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge	Plain
Period
Notice	Nikolay Sokolov
Reference(s)	Shkurko#185а

Obverse description	Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
Obverse lettering	ЖАН БАТИСТ ЛАМАРК Н. СОКОЛОВ - 1744 - 1829 -
Obverse script	Cyrillic
Reverse description	Book laying on top of a wreath
Reverse lettering	150 ЛЕТ ТРУДА Ж.Б. ЛАМАРКА `ФИЛОСОФИЯ ЗООЛОГИИ` 1809-1959 (Translation: 150th anniversary of the work `Philosophie zoologique` by J.B. Lamarck 1809-1959)
Reverse script	Cyrillic
Engraver	Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
Mintage	1959 - - 695
Catalog ID	7800279920
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