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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8319397, member: 20201&quot;]<b>1969 San Diego</b></p><p><b>Heraldic Art Medal</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1473312[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1473313[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Gaspar de Portolà was a Spanish soldier and administrator in New Spain. As commander of the Spanish colonizing expedition on land and sea that established San Diego and Monterey, Portolà expanded New Spain&#039;s Las Californias province far to the north from its beginnings on the Baja California peninsula.</p><p><br /></p><p>Portolà&#039;s expedition also was the first European to see San Francisco Bay. The expedition gave names to geographic features along the way, many of which are still in use.</p><p><br /></p><p>Portolà traveled with Saint Father Junípero Serra who was canonized by Pope Francis in 2015.</p><p>Father Junípero, (<i>shown on reverse</i>) was a Roman Catholic Spanish priest and friar of the Franciscan Order who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a relief bust of Portolà outside of The Museum of Man near Balboa Park.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473311[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>An architectural medallion of Junípero Serra is also in Balboa Park, San Diego.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473319[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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