Lot n° 355
Estimation :
120 - 150
EUR
ARGENTINA 1918 - rare CENTENNIAL MEDAL of the BATTLE of MAIP - Lot 355
ARGENTINA 1918 - rare CENTENNIAL MEDAL of the BATTLE of MAIPU.
copper plate with silver plating. In the center, under the words LIBERTAS, General San Martin on horseback with a young woman standing next to him, holding the horse's reins, dressed in antique style, topless.
right and left in cartouches: bundle of arms & Phrygian cap, attributes of work.
long caption (in Spanish): "The people of the Argentine nation to General San Martin and the liberating army. Commemoration of the 1st centenary of the Battle of Maipù".
reverse: view of the battle on the Maipù plain, near Santiago de Chile, April 5, 1818-1918".
Engraving by Gottuzo y Plana after the painting by Julio Fernandez Villabueva, 1889.
128 grams - 54 x 74 mm - TTB
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