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Medal - Mare Island Causeway Vallejo, California
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Period | Federal republic (1776-date) |
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| Obverse description | The field features a central starburst motif with a five-pointed star at its center, rendered in relief. The legend curves around the upper portion reading DEDICATION CEREMONIES, with MARE ISLAND-VALLEJO across the center and CAUSEWAY flanked by two small stars below, all in an Art Nouveau-style lettering; the date MARCH 14, 1935 appears along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a detailed scene of the Mare Island-Vallejo Causeway, showing the movable drawbridge span with its tall latticed lift tower in raised relief at center-right, flanked by the causeway roadway and bridge pilings extending across a waterway. Two birds in flight appear in the left field above the water, with distant shoreline and structures visible in the background. |
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