Uniface Commemoration Medal of the Pacific War, Chile Manufacturer: Department of Insignia of the Bailey, Banks and Biddle Company (founded Philadelphia, 1832)
Artist, copy after: Louis Alexandre Bottée (French, 1852–1940)
Engraver: Monnehay & Goddard Graveurs Paris

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1884

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

180.08 g, 98.2 mm

Credit Line

Gift of Susan Freund Borden

Accession Number

2018.163.16

Geography

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Culture

Chilean

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: CHILE EN GUERRA CONTRA EL PERU I BOLIVIA, Battle scene, in exergue IQUIQUE . ANGAMOS . PISAGUA . SAN - FRANCISCO . LOS ANGELES . TACNA . ARICA . CALLAO . SAN-JUAN . CHORRILLOS. MIRA FLORES . HUAMACHUCO IN THREE COLUMNS, UNDERNEATH 1879 AREQUIPA 1884, in left by edge Monnehay &. Godard Graveurs Paris, in right field by edger L. Bottee Sculptuer

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: blank
Provenance
Susan Freund Borden, East Haddam, Conn., to 2018; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

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