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Medal - Vasco da Gama 400 years of discovery of sea passage to India
| Location | Portugal |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Vasco da Gama facing left, wearing armour and a plumed helmet, set within a laurel wreath. The circumferential legend runs around the border within a rope-twist inner circle, with the commemorative dates 1498 and 1898 inscribed in the lower field at the base of the wreath. |
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| Obverse lettering | GLORIA INCLYTO NAVIGATORI VASCO DA GAMA 1498 1898 |
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| Reverse lettering | DESCOBRIMENTO DO CAMINHO MARITIMO PARA A INDIA |
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