Description UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Universal Exposition 1904 Saint Louis. Bronze Medallion 2-1/2 Inches or 63mm diameter. The dies were engraved and the medals struck by the United States Government Mint at Philadelphia. aUNC. Obverse: There are two figures, one of which is Columbia, tall and stately, is about to envelope the youthful maiden by her side, typifying the Louisiana Territory, in the flag of the stars and stripes, thus receiving her into the sisterhood of States. The other figure is depicted in the act of divesting herself of the cloak of France, symbolized in the emblem of Napoleon, the busy bee, embroidered thereon. In the background is shown the rising sun, the dawn of a new era progress to the nation. The reverse of the medallion shows an architectural tablet bearing an inscription giving the grade of the medal. Below the tablet are two dolphins symbolizing our eastern and western boundaries, the whole surmounted by an American Eagle, spreading his wings from Ocean to Ocean.
