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| Location | Canada |
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| Year | 1904 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | A standing draped female allegorical figure faces slightly left, raising a laurel wreath in her right hand and holding a tall staff in her left, flanked by agricultural produce and an industrial townscape in the field. The legend DOMINION OF CANADA EXHIBITION curves around the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the motto THE WONDROUS WEST appears in the left field. In the lower exergue, two oval cartouches inscribed JULY 25 and AUG. 6 flank the year 1904, above the place name WINNIPEG. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large quartered shield coat of arms surmounted by a royal crown, the escutcheon divided into multiple compartments bearing various heraldic charges including running animals, foliage, and landscape motifs representing Canadian provinces. The lower sinister quarter features the initials B C beneath a smaller crown within a wreath, referencing British Columbia. The field is otherwise plain within a beaded border. |
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