Medal - National Wildlife Refuge System Elk

Reverse

Theodore Roosevelt standing on rock

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM
CELEBRATING A
CENTURY
OF CONSERVATION
1903 - 2003

Engraver: Norman E. Nemeth

Designer: Donna Weaver

Comment

The limited–edition 2003 National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Medal Series shares a common obverse honoring President Theodore Roosevelt, the father of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and four successive reverse images highlighting the system’s diversity. The medals will be the first United States Mint product to use laser technology.