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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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| Edge | Plain |
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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 script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A Portuguese caravel under full sail dominates the central field, framed by a large rope-twist arch. Below the ship, an armillary sphere is flanked by two crowned heraldic shields. Laurel and oak branches flank the lower composition, and a decorative scrollwork border runs along the inner rim with the legend distributed around the upper half. |
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