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Victoria: Exposition Universelle, 1867
French
1867
Medium/Technique
Metal; gilt alloy
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 13 mm (1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.801
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal commemorating Queen Victoria of England's visit to the Exposition Universelle in 1867 with hanging loop and ring attached at top.
Obverse: Profile bust of Victoria looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "VICTORIA REINA D'ANGLETERRE" and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "VISITE/A/L'EXPOSITION/UNIVERSELLE/EN/1867".
Obverse: Profile bust of Victoria looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "VICTORIA REINA D'ANGLETERRE" and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "VISITE/A/L'EXPOSITION/UNIVERSELLE/EN/1867".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "VICTORIA REINA D'ANGLETERRE" and under bust [need lens to see].
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "VISITE/A/L'EXPOSITION/UNIVERSELLE/EN/1867".
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "VISITE/A/L'EXPOSITION/UNIVERSELLE/EN/1867".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)