Lot n° 167
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Olympic Games/ summer, 1904/ Saint-Louis/Napoleon/ Jefferson - Lot 167
Olympic Games/ summer, 1904/ Saint-Louis/Napoleon/ Jefferson/ Exhibition/ Sale
Two important medals:
a) Triangular bronze medal (7x7 cm), obverse: eagle spreads its wings, "Commemorative Medal Louisiana Purchase Expo"; reverse: two deities playing with sails and flags..." Universal Exposition St Louis, US of America, 1904". In the corners, the initials of Napoleon 1st, Jefferson and the fleur-de-lis are intertwined. A centenarian allusion to the treaty ceding Louisiana to the United States of North America.
b) Small gold medal (and pierced, average condition, diam: 3 cm) "Official souvenir, Louisiana Purchase, Exposition, St Louis 1904, 1808, rev Louisiana Territory, 100,000 square miles, 15 millions...". More evocative commemoration of the historic sale than the previous one.
Attached: a modern creation
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