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Live auction - fme_795244 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Médaille, Exposition Internationale industrielle

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Médaille, Exposition Internationale industrielle AU
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : 175 €
Maximum bid : 250 €
End of the sale : 07 March 2023 17:48:24
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Médaille, Exposition Internationale industrielle
Date: 1876
Mint name / Town : États-Unis, Buffalo
Metal : copper
Diameter : 44,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 54,84 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine marron hétérogène avec quelques taches d’oxydation. Traces de manipulation

Obverse


Obverse legend : INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION - BUFFALO, N. Y..
Obverse description : Allégorie féminine (Columbia) tenant des couronnes de laurier, entourée de diverses inventions. Divers objets autour (charrue, roue crantée, amphore, voiture, train) Vue sur un pont et la ville au dessus d’un fleuve à l’arrière plan.

Reverse


Reverse legend : MECHANICS INSTITUTE // AWARDED TO / A. MAJOT / FOR / LADIES HAIR WORK / 1876.
Reverse description : Légende en 6 lignes dans une couronne de laurier.

Commentary


La médaille, conservée dans un magnifique coffret en gutta-percha (matériau synthétique semblable au bois) ouvragé de feuilles de chêne et gland à feutrine violette gaufrée, a été décernée à A. Majot en prix pour le travail des cheveux féminins (coiffure).
Un exemplaire similaire en bronze nickelé est conservé dans les collections de l’université d’Harvard, département des instruments scientifiques, avec son étui d’origine doublé de velours bleu roi gaufré.

Historical background


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(since 1776)

Under McKinley's presidency (1897-1901), the United States confronted Spain and took Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines from it. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded the assassinated president (1901/1909) and undertook an interventionist policy in America and posed as a mediator in regional conflicts. To Taft succeeded in 1913 Wilson who was to bring the United States into the war in 1917.

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