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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA0652 |
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| 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 |