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Description: | Medal commemorating the inauguration of the port of Buenos Aires. Obverse: Bird's-eye view of the docks with breakwater and ships entering, city in the distance; above, two grasped hands supporting a staff and cap, the sun behind. Legend: 'LOS CONCESIONARIOS EDUARDO MANDERO E HIJOS AL PUEBLO ARGENTINO.' Exergue: 'INGENIEROS SIR JOHN HAWKSHAW SON & HAYTER CONSTRUCTORES T. A. WALKER SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG MITCHELL & CO.' (Engineers Sir John Hawkshaw Son & Hayter. Contractors. T.A. Walker, Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell.) Reverse: legend, 'OBRAS DEL PUERTO DE BUENOS AIRES.' (The inauguration of the port of Buenos Aires.) Inscription: 'LEY PROYECTADA POR RIVADAVIA 28 DE AGOSTO DE 1821 LEY DEL HONORABLE CONGRESO AUTORIZANDO LA OBRA 23 DE OCTUBRE DE 1882 PROMULGACION POR EL PRESIDENTE ROCA 27 DE OCTUBRE DE 1832 INAUGURACION DE LA IA. SECCION PADRINOS PRESIDENTE JUAREZ-CELMAN SRA. CAROLINA L DE PELLEGRINI 10 DE ENERO 1889.' (Describes the authorisation for the works for the protection of the channel and the meetings of the Government officials, etc.)
caption: Medal commemorating the inauguration of the port of Buenos Aires; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the inauguration of the port of Buenos Aires; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals John Thomas Andrew Walker Hawkshaw Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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