Plaquette - Participation of France at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair

Plaquette - Participation of France at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair - obversePlaquette - Participation of France at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair - reverse

Obverse © Stacks Bowers – Reverse © apuking (CC BY-SA)

Features

Location France
Type Commemorative medals › Event medal
Year 1904
Composition Bronze
Weight 148.68 g
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
148244

Commemorative issue

French participation in the exhibitionAutomatically translated

Obverse

Goddess of the French Republic seated in an ornate boat, being guided toward the fairgrounds by an angel of progress.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RF PROGRES
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE // INTERNATIONALE // SAINT-LOUIS 1904

Engraver: Louis-Alexandre Bottée

Reverse

Symbols of agriculture and industry, legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SECTION // INDUSTRIELLE // FRANCAISE // ORGANISÉE PAR // LE COMITÉ FRANCAIS // DES EXPOSITIONS A // L' ETRANGER
SOUS // LE PATRONAGE // DE L' ÉTAT

Engraver: Louis-Alexandre Bottée

Edge

Lettering: BRONZE

Comments

61x73mm

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1904 

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