Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Humphry Davy. Reverse: "THE ROYAL SOCIETY TO ROBERT WILHELM BUNSEN. GUSTAV ROBERT KIRCHHOFF. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WILL OF HUMPHRY DAVY WHO DEVOTED THE TESTIMONIAL PRESENTED TO HIM BY THE COALOWNERS OF THE TYNE AND WEAR TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 1877."

Attached to heavy paper so only one side of medal is visible. Obverse: three overlapping bas-relief profile portraits of Benjamin Rush, Philip Syng Physick, and Caspar Wistar Reverse: not visible Acquired along with the papers of Charles Willson Peale and family, 1945 (APS Library).

Obverse: profile portrait of Edward Jenner between "1796" and "1896"; "VACCINATION MAY 14th" at top and "JENNER" at bottom. Reverse: asclepius/caduceus; "Medical Society of the County of Kings" around perimeter.

Obverse: Carolus Linnaeus sitting in landscape; "E. TENEBRIS . TANTIS . TAM . CLARUM . EXTOLLERE . LUMEN . QUI . PRIMUS . POTUIT" around image and "ERIK LINDBERG" at bottom. Reverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Linnaeus and flora, fauna, and star flanked by three crowns; "CAROLUS . LINNAEUS . NAT . MDCCVII . OB . MDCCLXXVIII" around profile and "MEMORIAM . BISAECULAREM / PIE . CELEBRANS / RACAD . SCIENT . SUEC . MCMVII."

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Charles Lyell; "CHARLES LYELL" at sides, "1873" at bottom, and "L.C. WYON F" under portrait. Reverse: landscape with scene of classical ruins, i.e., three columns and aqueduct. Edge: "THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON TO JOSEPH LEIDY, M.D., 1884."

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of John Napier; "IOANNES NEPERUS DE MERCHISTON" around profile and "C.F. CARTER SCULP." under profile. Reverse: olive wreath encircles "INGENII / FELICITER EXCULTI / PRAEMIUM / KEITHIANUM;" "ADJUDICAVIT SOC : REG : EDIN :" around perimeter.

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Louis Pasteur; "LOUIS PASTEUR" along perimeter, and "D. Roly" to right of profile. Reverse: "CENTIEME ANNIVERSAIRE / DE LA / NAISSANCE / DE / PASTEUR / 17 DECEMBRE / 1822-1922."

Obverse: classical female figure standing with shield marked "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES" Reverse: bas-relief of torch; "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES" around perimeter; "DIGNUS HONORE EDWIN G. CONKLIN " at center.

Obverse: bas-relief of female figure representing United States, clouds, and torch; "NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOUNDED 1863" around perimeter. Reverse: bas-relief of APS seal.