Auction # 45 Closing Tuesday - September 17th, 2024 at 10:00 PM Eastern Time Catalog Lot 27
Auction Local Time: Nov 5, 2024 02:18:11 EST
I added to lot 114 that the flatware is silver plated.
1893 World's Columbian Exposition Badge. At top is a brass bar with "Souvenir" written across it. Below is a ribbon in red, white and blue with faded writing that has the word "Fair" at top and "Chicago 1893" at the bottom. At the bottom is an aluminum medal. Obverse: High Relief bust of "Christopher Columbus". Reverse: A landing scene with the Spanish flag being buried in the ground. Around the edge is "Columbus Discovering America" and "1492" at the bottom. Size: Medal is 1 1/2" diameter. Overall height is 3 3/4". Condition: Overall Good since the ribbon is ripped and the writing is faded. The medal is Extremely Fine.