Grand Prize Louisiana Purchase Exposition medal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1904
This object is a bronze medal designed in the form of a shield, awarded as a Grand Prize for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Designed by American sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman in 1904 in the United States, the medal is made of bronze finished with a patina of bronze doré.
The medal measures 7.3 by 6.4 cm (2 7/8 by 2 1/2 in.). The depicted face displays a prominent eagle with spread wings standing atop an inscribed rectangular tablet flanked by decorative marine motifs, all set against a shield-shaped background with stars and stripes. The tablet bears the inscription "GRAND PRIZE / LOUISIANA PURCHASE / EXPOSITION". According to the museum records, the medal is signed on the obverse "A.A. Weinman FECT." and also carries the inscription "UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION SAINT LOUIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze, with patina of bronze doré
- Dimensions
- 7.3 × 6.4 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Signed on obverse: A.A. Weinman FECT. Inscribed: UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION SAINT LOUIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on reverse: GRAND PRIZE/LOUISIANA PURCHASE/EXPOSITION
- Maker recorded
- Adolph Alexander Weinman, American, born Germany, 1890–1952
- Place recorded
- United States
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Grand Prize Louisiana Purchase Exposition medal
- Museum object number
- 1912.1530
Catalogue references
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