World Medals, Iran, Medicine, Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943), Austro-American immunologist and pathologist and, 1930, Nobel laureate, tribute medal, SH.1336 (1957), bust l., rev. Lion and Sun, 41mm.; Red Lion and Sun Society (Red Cross of Iran), Red Cross centenary celebrations, silvered-bronze medal (with enamelled red cross), 1963, by Huguenin, Switzerland, 60mm.; League of Red Cross Societies, 50th Anniversary, French (MdP) bronze medal, 1969; Red Lion and Sun Society, 50th Anniversary, crown-sized silver medal, 1973, flag, rev. Persian legend, 40.5mm; sundry badges and pins, with enamelled features (6); another, for the Association Iranienne de Sauvetage, gilt and enamel, extremely fine, first rare (11)
The Iranian Blood Transfusion Organisation had been established in 1947, to coordinate blood transfusion activities nationwide.
(120-160 GBP)