Medals: Johann Jacob Berzelius

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The file contains:;a) a silver medal by W. Kirchner, diameter 41 mm. On the obverse a bust to left, around the inscription: Io. Iac. Berzelius. nat. Ostrogoth. D. XX. M. Aug. MDCCLXXIX, under the bust the artist's name. On the reverse a balance, at the bottom: MDCCCXXX, around the inscription: Pondera et numeros investigavit.;b) a silver medal by C.M., diameter 41 mm. On the obverse a bust to left, around the inscription: Johann Jacob Berzelius, Nat. XX. Aug. MDCCLXXIX.On the reverse a temple under a shining sun, around the inscription: Clara in luce locavit.;c) a bronze medal by Carl Gustav Quarnström and Per Hendrik Kundgren, diameter 57 mm. On the obverse a bust to right, around the inscription: Jacobus Berzelius, Nat. MDCCLXXIX, den. MDCCCXLVIIII. On the reverse an allegory showing the winged youth, the goddess of nature, scientific instruments, around the inscription: Aperit aenigmata condita lustrat, also the artists' names. At the bottom: Socio longe nobilissimo per annos XX secretario Acad. Reg. Scient. Svec.