1904 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition Gold Award Medal, by Adolph Weinman

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1904 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition Gold Award Medal, by Adolph Weinman:
$195.00

Flag of the stars andstripes, thus receiving her into the sisterhood of states. The other figure isdepicted in the act of divesting herself of the cloak of France,symbolized in the emblem of Napoleon, the busy bee embroidered thereon. In thebackground is shown the rising sun, the dawn of a new era of progress to thenation. Encircling the two figures are the words: In exergue below, the date: ·M·C·M·IV· (1904). Reverse: depicts anarchitectural tablet bearing the inscription: ·GOLD·MEDAL·/ ·LOUISIANA·PURCHASE·/ ·EXPOSITION·. Below the tablet are two dolphinssymbolizing our Eastern and western boundaries, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.The whole surmounted by an American eagle, spreading his wings from ocean to ocean.

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I have a large collection ofbronze bas-reliefs, plaques, medallions, and medals that I will be listing thismonth by the following sculptors: Chester Beach, Victor David Brenner, Anthonyde Francisci, John Flanagan, James Earle Fraser, Laura Gardin Fraser, DanielChester French, Henry Hering, Anna Vaughan Hyatt-Huntington, Charles Keck,Julio Kilenyi, Frederick MacMonnies, Hermon A. MacNeil, Paul Manship, Bela LyonPratt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Louis St. Gaudens,Adolph Alexander Weinman,and many others, includingprominent French sculptors/engravers!

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