103301 | GREAT BRITAIN & GERMANY. Charles Darwin uniface bronze Plaque.

103301  |  GREAT BRITAIN & GERMANY. Charles Darwin uniface bronze Plaque. Issued 1911. Famous Men series (38mm x 50mm, 44.63 g). By Mayer & Wilhelm in Stuttgart.

 

ZVM 100. / GEBVRSTAG / 12. 11. 1909, facing bust in frock coat;1809 - 1882 across field; DARWIN on plaque below // Blank. Edge: Plain.

 

Bernd Kaiser V, 134; Serie berühmter Männer 99; Heidemann –. Choice Mint State. Tan-brown surfaces, with a great glossy nature. Some minor staining upon the reverse.

 

Issued just a few years after the centennial of the birth of Darwin, this plaque from Mayer & Wilhelm's famous men series (Serie berühmter Männer) features a stern facing bust of the famous naturalist and pivotal contributor to evolutionary biology. His works included The Voyage of the Beagle, On the Origin of Species (which presents his seminal views on natural selection), and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.

 

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