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Medal General and Intercolonial Exhibition

Location Mauritius
Year 1887
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Composition Bronze
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Obverse description Minerva seated left, wearing a helmet and classical robes, extending a laurel wreath in her right hand toward the left, with a laurel branch resting on her lap. To her right stands a decorative altar adorned with garland relief, upon which flames rise. A engraver's signature appears at lower left along the rim.
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Reverse description A wreath composed of oak and laurel branches, tied at the bottom with a ribbon, encircles a central legend in raised relief across multiple lines. The circular legend around the rim reads ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OF MAURITIUS, with a small floral mintmark at the bottom of the field.
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Reverse lettering ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OF MAURITIUS
GENERAL
AND
INTERCOLONIAL
EXHIBITION
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