Commemorative medals/Exhibition, fair and festival
medals
Composition
Brass (lacquered)
Weight
Diameter
27 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Edge
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Constellation above a rock formation beside a palm tree
Obverse lettering
WEST INDIAN & ATLANTIC GROUP
BRITISH EMPIRE
EXHIBITION
1924
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Former colonial badge of the Bahamas, which includes a British sailing ship at sea chasing away two pirate ships, encircled by a buckled strap adorned with the Tudor crown
Reverse lettering
FINEST CLIMATE IN THE WORLD
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA
BAHAMAS (Translation: Pirates Expelled ? Commerce Restored)
