Edward VII gold "Franco-British Exhibition" Award Medal 1908 MS66 NGC, BHM-3960. 32mm. 18.74gm. Edge: V&S and hallmarks for 9 carat gold. By Frank Bowcher. Obv. Seated Britannia and Marianne. Rev. Female figure standing before exhibition buildings, engraved award inscription on panel "F.H. FAULDING & CO. / EUCALYPTUS OIL". Accompanied by the original P. Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham burgundy case of issue. F. H. Faulding & Co was a pharmaceutical company founded in Adelaide, Australia, in 1845 by Francis Hardey Faulding (23 August 1816 – 19 November 1868). The Faulding company innovatively propelled its success by mastering a distillation process for eucalyptus oil and by developing a method to measure the oil's eucalyptol content. Their work with eucalyptus oil culminated in the creation of an antiseptic known as "Solyptol," establishing its place in the market as a soluble eucalyptus oil product. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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