Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal
Composition
Bronze
Weight
61.7 g
Diameter
49.7 mm
Thickness
5.35 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Smooth with inscription Lettering: CASA DA MOEDA RIO BRONZE Lettering: CASA DA MOEDA RIO BRONZE Translation: HOUSE OF THE COIN RIO BRONZE
Period
Republic of the United
States of Brazil (1889-1967)
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Effigy in relief of Carlos Chagas looking left in the center, surrounded by the writers: `CONGRESSO•INTERNACIONAL•SOBRE•A•DOENÇA•DE•CHAGAS*CINQÜENTENÁRIO•DE•SUA•DESCOBERTA*RIO•DE•JANEIRO•1959*`
Obverse lettering
CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE A DOENÇA DE
CHAGAS - CINQÜENTENÁRIO DE SUA DESCOBERTA - RIO DE JANEIRO -
1959 (Translation: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE DISEASE OF CHAGAS - FIFTY-SENTENCE OF ITS DISCOVERY - RIO DE JANEIRO - 1959)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Facade of the building of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, about the writers: `A GRANDE CASA DE OSWALDO CRUZ, ONDE ME EMPENHO NA DEFESA DE UM IDEAL!` CARLOS CHAGAS. On the edges, branches on both sides.
Reverse lettering
!A
GRANDE CASA DE OSWALDO CRUZ, ONDE ME EMPENHO NA DEFESA DE UM
IDEAL!` CARLOS CHAGAS. (Translation: `THE GREAT HOUSE OF OSWALDO CRUZ, WHERE I WORK IN THE DEFENSE OF AN IDEAL!` CARLOS CHAGAS.)
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1694-date)
