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Médaille - Union franco-américaine
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1893 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | In high relief, two draped allegorical female figures seated in a boat face one another: the allegory of France wearing a Phrygian cap and the allegory of America wearing a star-adorned crown. At the prow, a winged genius of Liberty in the oarsman's position faces them, also wearing a Phrygian cap. In the background, the Statue of Liberty rises above the harbour with celebratory vessels, and the legend arcs around the upper field with the date in Roman numerals in the centre. Signed O. ROTY in the lower left field. |
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| Obverse lettering | VNION · FRANCO · AMERICAINE STATVE · COLOSSALE · DE · LA · LIBERTÉ · ECLAIRANT · LE · MONDE 28 Octobre M.D.CCCLXXXVI O. ROTY |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a central medallion portrait bust of Auguste Bartholdi in right profile, inscribed around its rim, flanked by the flags of the United States and France and framed by a laurel branch. Below, a dedicatory inscription in the field references the monument erected by France and America in memory of their friendship, with the dates 1776 and 1876 flanking a blank cartouche at the base. Dimensional inscriptions for the statue and pedestal heights appear in the lower left and right fields respectively. |
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