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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 6558558, member: 24633&quot;]This design was used for the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for the Third Olympiad held in Saint Louis in 1904. The Gold Medal was triangular-shaped, the Silver Medal was square and the Bronze Medal was round like yours. The Bronze Medal was mostly given to participants of the Universal Exposition. There is also a 5-sided &quot;Grand Prize&quot; Award Medal with this same design in bronze gilt.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is interesting to note that the city of Saint Louis could not afford to build all of the structures related to the Exposition using permanent materials, i.e. steel and concrete, so they instead opted to use Plaster of Paris for most of the facades which could be easily torn down, afterwards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the ANA medal for the National Convention that was held in Saint Louis in 1979. The building depicted, Festival Hall, is one of the typical structures that was built using wood and Plaster of Paris and torn down afterwards. It&#039;s a shame, in my opinion, that it could not have been built using permanent materials.</p><p><br /></p><p>Images courtesy of Bob Campbell, [USER=19094]@robec[/USER] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1263292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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