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Medal - To the builder of the Göta Canal, Erik Hagström
| Location | Sweden |
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| Year | 1843 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed scenic view depicting a canal lock with timber sluice gates, a tall-masted sailing vessel passing through, and to the right a decorative urn on a pedestal set against rocky terrain with a water wheel below. The legend TE FLUVII TE SAXA LOQUUNTUR arcs across the upper field, with a three-line dedicatory inscription in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | TE FLUVII TE SAXA LOQUUNTUR SOC· MERITISS· REG· AC· SC· SVEC· MDCCCXLIII (Translation: Rivers speak of you, stones speak of you The Most Meritorious Society of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden 1843) |
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