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Obverse : Esculape [in greek] Reverse: circular legend: Groupement Européen Pharmaceutique in the center: 1919 1969 / cinquantenaire de la fondation / du / Laboratoire / Monot The Laboratoire Monot was founded in 1919 by Lucien Monot. After WWI, he bought a stock of Calomel from the US army to extract the mercury in a distillation oven, represented on the reverse side of the medal, and manufactured mercury containing-ointments. In 1965, Lucien’s son, Pierre, founded a holding Groupement européen pharmaceutique. Monot was bought by Merck in 1996 and in 2002 it became Merck Medication Familiale. |
