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Medal - History of the United States Barbed Wire Fences the West
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1966-1977 |
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| Edge | Plain with inscription |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Plain polished field bearing an ornamental oval barbed-wire border enclosing a multi-line inscription listing key events of 1874. At the top of the field, the date 1874 appears within a decorative cartouche. The Franklin Mint monogram appears at the bottom of the field below the border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1874 JULY 4 - First steel arch bridge opens across Mississippi River; AUG. 4 - Chautauqua assembly first held in New York State; NOV. 18-20 - Woman's Christian Temperance Union organized in Cleveland; NOV. 24 - Joseph F. Glidden granted patent for barbed wire. |
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