Auction # 45 Closing Tuesday - September 17th, 2024 at 10:00 PM Eastern Time Catalog Lot 32
Auction Local Time: Nov 5, 2024 00:54:18 EST
I added to lot 114 that the flatware is silver plated.
1893 World's Columbian Exposition Badge. At top is a bronze bar with "Maryland" written on it, Eglit # 138. Below is a ribbon in orange and black. At the bottom is a Chocolate Medal. Obverse: Raised bust of Columbus in front of a globe with an eagle on the top. Around the bottom in a ribbon is "Genoa 1447 Palos 1492 San Salvador 1492 Chicago 1893". Reverse: Birds flying at the top, sea shells at the bottom, 3 turtles above the bottom and reeds with birds on both sides. In the center is the state seal with "1893 Commemorating Maryland's participation in the World's Columbian Exposition". On the back of the ribbon is printed "Design Copyright 1893 by Frank Brown Governor". Size: 1 11/16" wide by 4 1/4" long. Condition: Excellent with a little folding of the ribbon.