World Historical Medals
Lot 3853 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) World Historical Medals
Estimate $80
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $60
U.S.A., Perth Amboy's new water works souvenir medal, 1893, in bronze (52mm), obverse, Perth Amboy City seal (granted 1718) and above, 'Sigillum Civitatis Perthamboyensis', reverse, at top edge, Souvenir Medal', in the centre names of city officials, around, 'Commemorating The Advent Of Pure And Wholesome Water'. Extremely fine.
When the water works was opened the streets were packed with people who came to celebrate. The Mayor said '...the biggest day Parth Amboy has ever seen'. Together with an extract of The New York Times, June 30, 1893 report on the opening. This article also includes a description of the Souvenir Medal.
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