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Medal - Professor Louis Agassiz
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing truncated bust of Louis Agassiz in high relief, with flowing hair and short beard, set within a raised border. The name AGASSIZ appears incuse in the left field. A faint engraver's signature is visible below the bust truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | AGASSIZ |
| Reverse description | A wreath of laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon frames the central field, which bears crossed naturalist's tools over a landscape element, flanked by the dates NA 1807 above and OB 1873 below, with a lamp or urn device at the top of the wreath interior. The circular legend runs along the upper periphery within a raised border. |
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