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Obverse: A seated woman, clad in antique attire, with a laurel twig in her left hand and a quill in her right hand, against the background of columns and books. Above Polish Eagle on a shield, date at the bottom: ‧ 1946 ‧ and indented signature: H. DROPSY On the right indented inscriptions: ADAM / CZAR – / TORYSKI / ‧‧KAROL ‧ SIENKIE – / WICZ ‧/ ADAM‧MI – / CKIEWICZ, on the left: CHAR / – LES ‧DE‧ / MONTA- / LEMBERT / ‧‧JULES‧ / MICHELET / ‧‧EDGAR‧ / QUINET. Inscription along the rim: ‧ BIBLIOTHECA ‧ POLONORUM ‧ PARISIENSIS ‧
Reverse: Inscription in Latin in 14 lines: SOCIETATIS ‧ LITTE – / RARVM ‧ POLONICA / PARISIENSIS ‧ AMICIC / DE ‧ BIBLIOTHECA / POLONORVM ‧ PROMERITIS / QVAM ‧ POST ‧ SÆCULVM / INTEGRVM ‧ LABORI ‧ IM / PENSVM ‧ NE ‧ AB ‧ HOSTE / DISCERPTA ‧ FVNDITVS / EVERTERETVR ‧ PERICLI – / TANTES ‧ IPSI ‧ SVB / IVGO ‧ SERVAVERE / EXIMII ‧ BENEFICII ‧ / MEMOR ‧ D ‧ D ‧‧‧
The same medal in different materials: N 485 – metal alloy, silver-plated, diameter 68 mm; N 626 (obverse) – plaster, diameter 215 mm; N 625 (reverse) – plaster, diameter 210 mm; N 722 (reverse) – patinated bronze, diameter 206 mm
Author: Henry Dropsy
Date and place of origin: Paris, 1946
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: dia. 68 mm
Inventory no.: N 132
January 14, 2019