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Token - Acquaintance Only Required All Men are Brothers
| Location | Victoria (Australian States) |
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| Year | 1885 |
| Type | Trade token |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a multi-line pacifist legend filling the upper field, reading that acquaintance only is required and that if all men throughout the world were acquainted there would be no war, with the words NO WAR flanked by two stars in larger relief. Below, a stylised rainbow device divides the field from the exergue, which bears the issuer legend attributing the medal to E.W. Cole Book Arcade, Melbourne, described as a Federation of the World Medal. |
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| Obverse lettering | ACQUAINTANCE ONLY REQUIRED IF ALL MEN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WERE ACQUAINTED WITH EACH OTHER THERE WOULD BE NO WAR (Rainbow) FEDERATION OF THE WORLD MEDALS ISSUED BY E.W. COLE BOOK ARCADE MELBOURNE |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a tall palm tree as the central device, its trunk dividing the field vertically, with fronds spreading across the upper portion of the coin. A circular legend reading ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS runs along the upper rim, while a two-column text legend fills the field on either side of the trunk, conveying the fraternal message that people everywhere are as good as those one already knows. |
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