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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1124702, member: 24633&quot;]Uniface medals are commonly struck for the purpose of giving the artist an idea of what it will look like and also where he/she needs to enhance the details. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The two exposition dates, Paris - 1867 &amp; Vienna - 1873, in all likelihood, are the two that this businessman attended and this medal was probably used as an advertising handout. I also doubt that he would have utilized only one side, and the artisit commissioned to design it probably was not as concerned about the finished product to go to the added expense of having a test strike produced. I seriously doubt that this medal was intended to be uniface for the purpose of the reverse engraving to commemorate an event which took place 25 years later.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is more likely that a member of the crew, possibly an officer, had this medal and decided to use it as a remembrance of the ship by having the reverse design removed for the engraving.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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