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Medal - Cordoba National Exposition
| Location | Argentina |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | A complex allegorical scene in high relief depicts three standing female figures on the left representing Industry, Art (holding a lyre), and Science approaching a seated female personification of Argentina, who holds a laurel wreath and rests beside a shield and globe; a kneeling figure bearing fruit offerings is presented in the foreground. A bust of President D.F. Sarmiento appears in relief at upper right, with a mountainous landscape and ships in the background. The upper legend reads REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, with EXPOSICION NACIONAL EN CORDOBA on scrolled banners in the lower field, and the engravers' signature J.S. & A.B. WYON SC. in the exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA EXPOSICION NACIONAL EN CORDOBA J. S. & A. B. WYON SC. |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a large laurel and oak wreath enclosing a six-line dedicatory inscription in the central field. The outer legend bears the motto LIBERTAD Y TRABAJO at top and AÑO MDCCCLXXI at the bottom, with the engravers' signature J.S. & A.B. WYON SC. inscribed along the lower inner border of the wreath. |
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