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Description: | Medal commemorating the dredging and installation of lighted buoys on the rivers La Plata, Parana and Uruguay. Obverse: A female figure standing on a buoy lighting its beacon and pointing with her left hand to a dredger and lighthouse, a ship (right). Legend: 'DRAGADO Y VALIZAMIENTO LUMINOSO.' Inscription: 'RIOS: DE LA PLATA PARAN� URAGUAY. 3 OCTUBRE 1904.' (The dredging and installation of lighted buoys on the rivers La Plata, Parana and Uruguay.) Reverse: A tablet of scroll form, inscribed; a laurel wreath tied with ribbon below. Legend: 'REP�BLICA ARGENTINA.' Inscription: 'MINISERIO DE OBRAS P�BLICAS PRESIDENTE TTE GRAL JULIO A . ROCA MINISTRO EMILIO CIVIT 3 OCTUBRE 1904.' (Inscription gives the names of the President and Minister of Public Works.)
caption: Medal commemorating the dredging and installation of lighted buoys on the rivers La Plata, Parana and Uruguay; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the dredging and installation of lighted buoys on the rivers La Plata, Parana and Uruguay; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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