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Description: | 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.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | prize medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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