Medal - Gustav Hetsch career anniversaries

Location Denmark
Year 1845
Type Award medal
Composition Silver
Weight 34 g
Diameter 38 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s) Bergsøe#1059
Obverse description Head of Professor Hetsch facing right. Lettering along rim.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering GUSTAV FRIEDRICH HETSCH. C: CHR: HAN VEILEDEDE HAANDVÆRKEREN VED KUNSTENS FORMER.
Reverse description Veiled figure of Minerva, with cuirassed chest and greek helm, is seated on a cube stone with a long spear in right hand, watching an owl posed on her outstretched left hand. A round shield is posed near her feet, while on the ground, near the stone, lays the instruments of the architect: an hammer, an angle and a carpenter`s level.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering SKIÖNHED SKAL ADLE ARBEIDET. _______________ H: CONR: MDCCCXLV.
Mintage
Numisquare ID 2548671470
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