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Description: | Medal commemorating Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and the fourth centenary of the discovery of America, 1892. Obverse: Bust of the discoverer Columbus; face (three-quarter right) an anchor and two crossed leaved branches below. Legend: 'CHRISTOPH COLUMBUS'. Reverse: Inscription within a garland of maple leaves, 'DU LEBST F�R ALLE ZEIT. DURCH DEINE THAT HAST DU DEN EWIGEN TEMPEL DIR GEBAUT WO DEINES NAMENS FLAMMENZ�GE LODERN 12, OCTOBER 1492-1898'. (You live for all times. Through your deed you have built for yourself a temple of everlasting fame, where your name blazes the trail like a torch).
caption: Medal commemorating Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and the fourth centenary of the discovery of America, 1892; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and the fourth centenary of the discovery of America, 1892; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals J. Deitenbeck J. Christensen Columbus Oertel & Co Christopher | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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