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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Germany, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch (1714-1786), Botanist and Physician, Uniface Portrait Medal in Berlin Iron, c.1830, bust of Gleditsch left, bewigged and holding plants before him, rev inscibed "Gledisch"and numbered "143", 80.5mm, in stained black wooden frame. Good very fine and very rare.
Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch was both a physician and botanist, perhaps best remembered for his pioneer investigations of plant sexuality and reproduction. The Gleditsia is named in his honour, as is the botanical journal "Gleditschia". Made at the Royal Prussian Iron Foundries.

Estimate: £200-300