of which will !,■ t'onn.l in Mn*enm No. III., together with the 
Diploma. The Medal has been placed in the case reserved for 
similar objects on the top floor of Museum No. I. 
It may mentioned here that copies of these views exhibited by 
H.M. Office of Works gained a similar distinct ion at the Paris 
Exhibition of 1900. The Medal and Diploma then obtained will 
be found side by side with those awarded at St. Louis. 
The official description of the St. Louis Medal is as follows :— 
In the composition of the obverse of the medal are shown 
two figures, one of which, Columbia, tall and stately, is about 
to envelop 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 i fie rising 
sun, the dawn of a new era of progress to the nation. 
The reverse of the medal shows an architectural tablet 
lu;lni - - the grade of the medal. Below 
the rubier are two dolphins symbolizing our eastern and 
western boundaries, the whole surmounted by an American 
Eagle, spreading his wings from Ocean to Ocean. 
On the Gold Medal there are three distinct corners, each 
containing a wreath encircling a monogram or emblem, and 
each of these wreaths is surrounded by 14 stars, representing 
the Louisiana Purchase States and Territories. On 
Frjze design there is the same number of stars in the upper 
field of the shield, and there are 13 bars in the lower field, 
representing the original States. On the design of tin- Silver 
Loui aftlSt haS USed the erOSS of the 0rder of Saint 
The medal was designed by Adolph A. Weinman. The 
design w as approved by a committee composed of J. Q. A. 
Ward, Daniel C. French, and Augustus St. Gaudens. 
YTrKS ftS W ^ re en S raved ancl the medals struck by the 
"ted states Government Mint at Philadelphia. The alloy 
'■in " l" T d * lU )^ **l™in\\y for the Exposition after 
■ 1 ^ ere submitted and passed upon by expert medalliste. 
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