Professor Anthelme Rochais Medal – Lyon – Fontaine – Signed by Louis Croizier
In bronze
Weight: 157.9 g
Diameter: 68 mm
Obverse:
Profile bust to the left of Doctor Anthelme Rochaix (1881-1944), professor of hygiene at the Faculty of Medicine of Lyon. Director of the Bacteriology Laboratory at the Institute of Hygiene of Lyon. Killed in his laboratory during a bombing in 1944.
Circular inscription:
ANTHELME ROCHAIX
Signature: L. Croizier
Reverse:
Fountain, surrounded by the circular inscription:
• SCIENTER • AC • PERITE • LATEBRAS • SCRVTAVIT • AQUÆ •
Edge:
Cornucopia hallmark (Paris Mint) + BRONZE
