103268 | UNITED STATES & ITALY. Christopher Columbus bronze Medal.

103268  |  UNITED STATES & ITALY. Christopher Columbus bronze Medal. Issued 1892 for the Italian-American Exposition held in Genova (55mm, 85.17 g, 12h). By Eligio Pintore for Bocelli in Milano.

 

CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, bust left // ESPOSIZIONE ITALO–AMERICANA / GENOVA MDCCCLXXXXII, native princess (representing America) and civic personification of Genova, holding trident and resting hand upon shield, standing right; to right, personification of Italy seated left on throne, holding scepter and with lion at her side; above, angel in flight, emerging from clouds and holding laurel wreath in each hand; tower in background to left, lighthouse in background to right; all set upon base decorated with crowned janiform head. Edge: Plain.

 

Eglit 200; Starlust ST-eg-200; Rulau –; lamoneta.it W-ME54/1-3. Mint State. Deep brown surfaces, with a great glossy nature. Though not related to the 1893 Columbian Expo held in Chicago, a rare piece of Columbiana nonetheless.

 

During the lead-up to the quadricentennial of Columbus's initial contact with the New World, numerous medals were designed and struck, both in the United States—in conjunction with the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago—and abroad—sometimes for this event of for similar others. This particular medal was issued for the Italian-American Exposition held in 1892 in Genova—the city in which the famous explorer was born.

 

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