The New International Encyclopædia/Brandt, Heinrich Franz
BRANDT,  (1789-1845). A
Swiss medal-coiner. He was born at La Chaux-de-Fonds,
in the Canton of Neuchâtel. After
a short apprenticeship he went to Paris, where
in 1813 he was awarded the Grand Prix de
Rome. In 1817 he was appointed chief engraver
to the mint in Berlin, and in 1824 he became
professor and member of the Academy of Fine
Arts in that city. A complete catalogue of the
medals designed by him may be found in the
publications of the Berlin Academy for 1845.