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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZoidMeister, post: 8186515, member: 114169&quot;]<b>According to Hibler &amp; Kappen:</b>&nbsp; Headless Victory stands in vessel passing through Canal, dividing lines <i>San Francisco</i> / <i>1915</i> behind her; around <i>Panama-Pacific International Exposition.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>As this medal was struck right in the middle of the Mexican revolution and the US was actively involved in the Border War with Mexico, it kind of makes sense for a &quot;headless victory&quot; to be depicted on a medal in part commemorating the completion of the Panama Canal the year earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>My brain hurts now . . . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>Z[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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