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Medal - Cardinal Taschereau
| Location | Canada |
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| Year | 1886 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Cardinal Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau in ecclesiastical vestments, set within a raised inner circle. The circumferential legend reads around the border, with the date 1886 in the lower exergue flanked by two dots and a cross symbol to the left. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ E.- A. S. R. E. CARD. TASCHEREAU ARCHPUS QUEBECEN • 1886 • |
| Reverse description | Cardinal's heraldic achievement centered in the field, featuring an oval escutcheon depicting two standing saints on a dotted ground, surmounted by a patriarchal cross and a cardinal's galero with fifteen tassels hanging in graduated rows on each side. The legend arcs across the upper portion of the field. |
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