Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS, Medals by Benetto Pistrucci (1783-1855), India / Botany, Great Exhibition, Juror's Bronze Medal, 1851, by W Wyon and G G Adams, awarded to N Wallich, conjoined busts of Albert and Victoria left, rev industry Fame and Commerce, 64mm, in case of issue (BHM 2464; Eimer 1457). Lightly polished, otherwise very fine, the case fine.
Nathaniel Wallich was a Class IV juror judging Vegetable and Animal Substances used in Manufactures as Implements or for Ornaments. A Danish national, Wallich was originally taken prisoner of war by the East India Company but released by merit of his scholarship. He was employed as an EIC surgeon, then held the position of Superintendent of the India Museum, and of the EIC Botanical Garden in Calcutta. Part of his Herbarium collection is held at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
Estimate: £120-150
Nathaniel Wallich was a Class IV juror judging Vegetable and Animal Substances used in Manufactures as Implements or for Ornaments. A Danish national, Wallich was originally taken prisoner of war by the East India Company but released by merit of his scholarship. He was employed as an EIC surgeon, then held the position of Superintendent of the India Museum, and of the EIC Botanical Garden in Calcutta. Part of his Herbarium collection is held at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
Estimate: £120-150