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medals
Medal, Barber, Charles E., United States, 1893
1893
Medal, bronze. Obv.: CHRISTOPHER COLVMBUS OCT. XII MDCCCXCII. Columbus landing on the coast of the isalnd of San Slvador (now Watling's Island) followed by his companions; above the inscription is an adaptation of the device of Charles V. (b. 1500: d. 1558), with his motto PLVS VLTRA. Signed AVGVSTVS. SAINT. GAVDENS…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
medals
The "John Horn" Medal, American, 1874
1874
Medal in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 07.288.12), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department under the title “The "John Horn" Medal”. The museum dates it 1874 and records its origin as American. It is attributed to Charles E. Barber (1840–1917). The museum records the medium as Br…
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