Paris, Ecole de Pharmacie

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This is the genuine medal that was created in 1803. Fifty copies were struck. The lettering “Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris” is engraved on the edge for the copies given to the Paris School of Pharmacy. The medal is known under the name “médaille Brenet“.

References:

“La médaille commémorant la fondation des Ecoles de pharmacie (1803)” M. Bouvet, Rev. Hist. Pharm. 129-131, 1955