Prize medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Shield shaped. Round design on a background of the stars and stripes. Obverse: Two female figures, the taller representing Columbia is about to envelope the smaller figure representing Louisiana in the stars and stripes. Louisiana is divesting herself of a cloak decorated with Napoleonic bees. Legend: "UNIVERSAL . EXPOSITION . SAINT . LOVIS .VNITED . STATES . OF . AMERICA." Exergue: "M.C.M.IV." Reverse: Eagle with spread wings above two dolphins representing the USA stretching from coast to coast. Inscription: "GRAND . PRIZE . LOVISIANA . PVRCHASE . EXPOSITION". In a leather case.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0652
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Prize medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weinman, Adolf Alexander
Events: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904
Date made: 1904; 1905
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 72 mm x 61 mm
Parts: Prize medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition
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