Verry rare medal by Wojciech Jastrzębowski, minted in 1943 by the Polish University Abroad.
Specimen from the Orest Pashkovych Collection, with an ownership mark on the reverse.
Obverse: a scene from a painting by Jan Matejko, the figure of Nicolaus Copernicus with a compass and scattered books
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS, 1453-1543
Reverse: IN / HONOREM / OPERIS / DE REVOLUTIONIBUS / ORBIUM CÆLESTIUM / CCCC / ABHINC ANNIS / PRIMO EDITI / MCMXLIII / LONDINII
Diameter 64 mm, weight 92.92 g