Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Troisième République. Marcelin Berthelot, chemist and politician. 1827-1907. Æ Medal (57x70mm, 141.1 g, 12h). Election as one of the "Forty Immortals" of L'Académie Française. By J. Chaplain. . Dated 1901. Bust left; above, MARCELIN BERTHELOT; below in incuse, LA SYNTHÈSE CHIMIQUE/ LA SCIENCE GUIDE L'HUMANITÉ / Berthelot seated right at chemistry equipment; behind, Marianne advancing right, holding flag and crowning the equipment with a wreath; in in background, personification of knowledge holding cloth over her head and raising lamp. Edge: BRONZE and cornucopia. Brown surfaces. EF. In original case of issue.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.