Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

Didrik Magnus Axel Möller

Engraver:
Erik Lindberg
Year:
1906
Country:
Sweden
Diameter:
31 mm
Obverse:
Bust of Didrik Magnus Axel Möller facing left.
D·M·AXELIUS·Möller·PROFESSOR·ASTRONOMIAE·LUNDENSIS
N·1830 O·1896
ƎL·
Reverse:
A view of the Lund Observatory with a shooting star in the sky.
ARCANA·COELESTIA·INVESTIGAVIT·JUVENTUTI·EXHIBUIT
SCOIO·RERUM·COELESTIUM SCRUTATORI
R·ACAD·SCIENT·SUEC·MCMVI
References:
Ulla #50

This medal was made to commemorate Didrik Magnus Axel Möller, professor of astronomy at Lund University. The medal was commissioned by the Swedish Academy of Sciences.