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The first a bas-relief bronze medal designed by H. Mitchell for the Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, the reverse is inscribed "Awarded by United States Centennial Commission" and incised in script below "For Services," presented in the original case (3 in. diameter); the second a bronze medal for the World's Columbian Exposition 1893 and presented to Sv. Scholander (3 in. diameter); the third a medal commemorating the
Exposition Universelle 1889, designed by F. Chabaud and Daniel Dupuis (2 in. diameter); the fourth a bronze medal commemorating
Oscar II Rex Sveciae et Norvegiaerecto and
Ex Tenebris per Umbras ad Lucem to verso, dated 1877 (2.25 in. diameter); the fifth a French silverplate medal designed by Daniel Dupuis for the
Alliance Francaise and inscribed "Am. Sven Scholander / le Comté de Stockholm / 1899 (2 in. diameter); the sixth a bronze medallion commemorating the "Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence" and issued by the authority of the Congress of the United States (1.5 in. diameter); and three medallions commemorating the bicentennial of the United States and featuring the Great Seal of North Carolina (1.5 in. diameter).
From the Collection of the late Stig and Eva Scholander, Stockholm, Sweden Good estate condition.