Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

Karl Oskar Medin

Engraver:
Erik Lindberg
Year:
1927
Country:
Sweden
Diameter:
56 mm
Obverse:
Bust of Oskar Medin facing right. Four branches are along the edge of the medal between the inscriptions.
OSKAR MEDIN
OCTOGENARIVS
ERIK LINDBERG
Reverse:
At the top, a medallion with a child. This medallion is based off of reliefs designed by Andrea della Robbia on the wall of the Ospedale degli Innocenti children's orphanage in Florence, Italy. Below, an inscription in 4 lines.
MCMXXVII
INVESTIGATORI PRÆCEPTORI·AMICO PIE·GRATEQVE MEDICI·SVECANI
ƎL·
Ulla #275

Karl Oskar Medin was Swedish pediatrician. He is most famous for his study of poliomyelitis, a condition sometimes known as the Heine-Medin disease.