Death of Gustav Ekman

Engraver:

Lea Ahlborn

Year:

1878

Country:

Sweden

Diameter:

41 mm

Obverse:

Bust of Gustav Ekman facing right.

GUSTAV EKMAN FÖDD 1804. DÖD 1876.

Reverse:

An accurate model of Gustav's furnace.

SVENSKA JERNETS HISTORIA BEVARAR HANS MINNE

AKTNINGSGÄRD AF SV. BRUKS SOCIETETEN 1877

References:

Olsén p. 241

Gustav Ekman invented the gas re-heating furnace in Sweden which allowed the remarkable manufacture of wrought iron.

Historical Objects / Medals