Mardi Gras Token - Alla There were Giants in the Earth in those Days, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mardi Gras Token - Alla There were Giants in the Earth in those Days, New Orleans, Louisiana
€1.00
Location
United
States
Year
1981
Type
Event token
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
4.5 g
Diameter
39 mm
Thickness
2.2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Smooth
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Embossed border circled by the captions: There were giants in the earth in those days Geneis VI, 4 (above); 1981 BKA (below). In the center, the left profile of a bearded giant holding in his right hand a rudimentary ax that rests on the right shoulder. The giant wears a married skinned, belt buckle and bracelet on the left wrist. In the surroundings of the giante a rupestrian landscape containing mountain and pine trees.
Obverse lettering
THERE WERE GIANTS in the EARTH in
THOSE DAYS
GENESIS VI, 4
1981
BKA
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Embossed border circled by the legends: Alla 1932 (above); • New Orleans • Mardi Gras• (below). In the center, a shield flanked by decorations, containing the initials K F stylized and misaligned. Heading the shield, a helmet flushed and topped by a bird with open wings and looking to the left.
