SWEDEN. Johan August Wahlberg Bronze Medal, 1858. UNCIRCULATED.
Hy-II, p. 131, 1. By L. Ahlborn. Diameter: 31mm; Weight: 16.21 gms. Honoring the naturalist and explorer. Obverse: Bare head left; Reverse: Elephant trumpeting right; in four lines in exergue. Edge : Plain. Deep chocolate brown surfaces. Great animal type. A Swedish naturalist and explorer, Johan August Wahlberg graduated with a degree in chemistry from Uppsala University in 1829, and later in forestry and agronomy in 1834. Beginning in 1838, Wahlberg embarked upon an exploratory trip to southern Africa where he collected countless specimens of natural history to be sent back to Sweden for study. While in what is now Botswana, Wahlberg was tragically killed by a wounded elephant. As news of his death had not yet reached Sweden, he had, in the meantime, been elected to be a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, making him the only member to have been elected posthumously.
Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00