Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Bahamas, Quatercentenary of Christopher Columbus Landing on the Island he named San Salvador, 1892, a copper medal by Lea Ahlborn, bust left, wearing ruff and doublet, rev. Columbus, in armour, steps ashore with sword and flag, greeted by native couple, he standing, she seated, three ships in distance, 51mm (Eglit 112; BDM I, 31). Extremely fine £200-250

Provenance: Bt D. Young September 2004.

The medal was commissioned by the United States Government; however as Columbus landed somewhere in the Bahamas archipelago and as San Salvador is named on the medal, it is placed here