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Medal - 100 years of Chambers of Commerce

Location Spain
Year 1986
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Obverse description The field depicts a standing allegorical figure of Mercury at left, wearing a winged helmet and leaning forward, with a caduceus in relief at right and a sailing caravel in the lower field. The legend arcs along the upper rim and continues across the central field in multiple lines.
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Obverse lettering 100 AÑOS Ð CAMARAS Ð COMERCIO INDUSTRIA Y NAVEGACION Ð ESPAÑA
(Translation: 100 years of chambers of commerce, industry and navigation of Spain)
Reverse description The reverse features a large frontal bust of the Lady of Elche (Dama de Elche), the celebrated Iberian sculptural icon, wearing her characteristic headdress with large disc coils. Surrounding the central effigy are allegorical figures and attributes of commerce, including a hand holding sheaves of grain at right, a figure at left, floral motifs along the lower rim, and a bird in the upper right field. The dates 1886 and 1986 appear in the upper portion of the field flanking the bust.
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