Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal: Poli Kao II...
Object Number:
1943.123
Date:
ca. 1905
Medium:
Gold
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 9/16 x 1 15/16 x 1/8 in. ( 4 x 5 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "Sylla Eustache Sc."
Inscription: edge, upper left: "OR"
Description:
Gold struck plaquette with obverse showing image of bull at center enclosed by elaborate surround with laurel swags above. Reverse contains inscription within elaborate frame: "POLIKAO II/NACIO EL 23 DE MARZO DE 1903, HIJO/DE "MERCHANT OF VENICE" Y DE "SPORT"/PREMIO CAMPEON EN LA EXPOSICION/DE GANADERIA 1905. COPA MACLENNAN/Y PREMIO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES/ESTABLICIMIENTO "EL RETIRO"/CHASCOMUS/SUCESION NARCISO VIVOT."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
