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Description: | Silver medal of the French Society for Encouraging National Industry awarded to Sir John Ross (1777-1856). Obverse: Head of Mercury (left) a bee (left) and caduceus (right). Reverse: Within a wreath of olive branches, wheat and grapes the inscription: 'SOCI�T� D'ENCOURAGEMENT POUR L'INDUSTRIE NATIONALE'.
La Soci�t� d?Encouragement pour l?Industrie Nationale, a French learned society founded in 1801 which awarded prizes for scientific achievement.
Lent to RN Museum by Lieut A. V. Ross, see 1913 catalogue
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Rear-Admiral John La Soci�t� d?Encouragement pour l?Industrie Nationale prize medals Ross | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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