Alfred Houdé Medal – Pharmaceutical Laboratories – Signed RB
In bronze
Weight: 161.3 g
Diameter: 68 mm
Obverse:
Bust of Alfred Houdé , founder of the Houdé Pharmaceutical Laboratories.
Circular inscription:
ALFRED HOUDÉ
1854-1919
Signature: ЯB
Reverse:
Autumn Colchicums. ( from which colchicine is obtained, used in pharmacology )
On one stem, the inscription Colchicum autumnale L. ( The “L.” at the end of the name refers to Carl von Linné, the Swedish naturalist who established the binomial nomenclature of plants, and who described this species )
Edge:
Triangular hallmark AB (Arthus-Bertrand) + BRONZE
