A beautiful medal in an old box.
Tin medal by F. Below (signed), issued to "THE ASSOCIATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF SCIENCES IN POZNANIU".
The medal in mint condition.
Box in good condition, with broken closure (shown in photos).
Obverse: bust of the astronomer to the right, in the rim an inscription: HE STRAIGHTENED THE SUN INTRODUCED THE EARTH - POLISE EXPANDED HIS PLEMIA, at the bottom UR. 1473; UM. 1543.
Reverse: horizontal inscription in ten lines: TO MICHAEL | COPERNIK | IN THE FOURTEEN YEARS | ANNIVERSARY | BIRTH OF A BIRTH | IN THE POLISH EARTH | OF THE YEAR OF PAIN | MDCCCLXXIII. | HONOR IS DEDICATED | THE FAMILIARIES., in the rim the signs of the zodiac.
Tin, diameter 65 mm, 100.6 g.
