Inauguration Medal - Direct Rail Line from San Juan to Cordoba
Inauguration Medal - Direct Rail Line from San Juan to Cordoba
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Location
Argentina
Year
1910
Type
Commemorative medal
Composition
Weight
Diameter
50 mm
Thickness
4 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Wording along the rim with a large steam engine locomotive barreling down the center with both wheat leaves to the left and berries to the right beneath it. To the left is a tilted multi-level tower and to the right is farmlands with two arms embracing a stick which has a Phrygian liberty cap hanging off of it`s top end.
Obverse lettering
INAUGURACION DE LA LINEA DIRECTA CORDOBA - SAN
JUAN (Translation: Inauguration of the Direct Line Cordoba - San Juan)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Plain side with no decorations only a brief description of the event.
Reverse lettering
PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA
DR JOSÉ FIGUEROA ALCORTA
MINISTRO DE OBRAS PÚBLICAS
DR EZEQUIEL RAMOS MEXIA
JULIO DE 1910 (Translation: President of the Republic Dr Jose Figueroa Alcorta Minister of Public Works Dr Ezequiel Ramos Mexia July 1910)