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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1426773, member: 29751&quot;]Some of you have probably seen me post a few of the Heraldic Art Medals here before.&nbsp; The series consists of 60 regular issue medals, produced from 1959 through 1978 and released in regular intervals of three medals per year.&nbsp; Of the 60 regular issue medals, 13 contain the image of a horse.&nbsp; Over the past year, I have picked up 8 of the 13 medals, with 6 of those 8 being graded and encased in NGC holders.&nbsp; This is my newest addition, and one that I&#039;ve been looking forward to getting for a long time.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is medal #17 of the series, issued in 1964 to commemorate the Bicentennial of the Founding of St. Louis, Missouri.&nbsp; The reverse of the medal prominently features King Louis IX of France on horseback (more commonly known as Saint Louis).&nbsp; The image of Saint Louis on horseback is based on the statue by Charles Niehaus entitled <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotheosis_of_St._Louis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotheosis_of_St._Louis" rel="nofollow">Apotheosis of St. Louis</a></i> which was completed in 1906 and has been a landmark and symbol of the city of St. Louis for over a century.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]174059.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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