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Token - Federation Friend
| Location | Victoria (Australian States) |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Composition | Gold plated brass (Gilt - washed) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a globe with latitude and longitude grid lines, surmounted by a rising sun at top and bottom, with two clasped hands in relief across the equator symbolising universal brotherhood. Inscribed across the field in multiple lines: FEDERATION OF THE WHOLE WORLD / DESIRABLE / POSSIBLE / AND / INEVITABLE. A circular outer legend reads FEDERATION OF THE WORLD MEDALS ISSUED BY E.W. COLE BOOK ARCADE MELBOURNE, enclosed within a beaded inner border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse field is occupied by a multi-line raised text legend within a beaded border, with no pictorial device. The text presents a direct appeal to the reader in the spirit of world federation advocacy. |
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