101078 | SWEDEN. Garden Exhibition silver Award Medal.

101078 | SWEDEN. Silver Award Medal. Issued 1930 for the Swedish Garden Exhibition in Stockholm (51mm, 55.79 g, 12h). By T. Strindberg. Struck by Sporrong & Co.

 

ALLMÄN • SVENSK • TRÄDGÅRDSUTSTÄLLNING, Flora and Pomona (goddesses of flowers and fruits), seated facing, each raising hand to hair and holding flower and fruit, respectively / JAG HÖRDE GUDS RÖST GÅNGANDES I LUSTGÅRDEN (walking in the garden, I heard the voice of God), in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve on their knees, one lowering head to ground, the other raising head and hand to the sky; above, sunrays peek through a stormy sky from which emanates a bolt of lightning. Edge: S & Co and 4 hallmarks.

 

Svensk Numismatisk Tidskrift 4 (2007), p. 94. Mint State. Gunmetal gray surfaces, with a few darker hints near the peripheries; a hint of rub on the highest points. A rather scarce and interesting award medal.

 

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