Watch List notes:

temp. HANOVER. John Cunningham Saunders, opthalmologist. 1773-1810. AR Medal (39mm, 25.17 g, 12h). Founding of the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. By W. Bain. Dated 1804 (in Roman numerals, though struck circa 1820). ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, FOUNDED BY J C SAUNDERS, A D MDCCCIV, bare head right / ANATOΛH/ EΞ ΥΨOΥΣ/ ὲπιφᾱναι/ τοῑσϛ ὲν σκότει/ καθημένοιϛ. Ophthalmologia I.13 (this medal illustrated); BHM –; Eimer –. Attractively toned with splashes of iridescence, a few faint hairlines and scattered marks. UNC.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.