United States. A Bartholdi Statue Of Liberty Presentation Medal, C.1884 Archive Navy instructions and publications

Navy instructions and publications

with stamped brass face plate affixed by two rivets

missing catch but otherwise extremely fine condition

Agnes Houston (nee Morgan)

United States. A Bartholdi Statue Of Liberty Presentation Medal, C.1884 Archive Navy instructions and publicationsIn silver, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of the designer of the Statue of Liberty, French sculptor Frdric Auguste Bartholdi, engraver marked ""BARBER F."" on the base of the bust, inscribed ""A. BARTHOLDI"" below, all within an oval vignette, the bust surrounded by the inscriptions ""PRESENTED JULY 4: 1884"" above, ""A GIFT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC"" at the left and ""TO THE UNITED STATES"" at the right, with crossed branches of laurel