Medal - Pedro II Brazil National Exposition Award Medal to Thomas Driend

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Script: Latin

Lettering: EXPOSICAO GERAL DA ACADEMIA DAS BELLAS ARTES DO RIO DEJANEIRO A THOMAZ DRIENDL 1884

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Pedro II 1884 gold Award Medal to Thomas Driendl VC-unl. Meili-unl. (cf. Meili-168 for copper and silver specimens). Gold, 46mm, 85.95 grams. Uncirculated with surface hairlines, a minute edge bump above "PEDRO II" at 10 o'clock on the obverse mentioned for accuracy's sake. Thomas Georg Driendl (1849-1916) was a German-born Brazilian painter and architect and among the most important paisagists of Brazil in the 19th century. He was awarded this massive gold medal during the Brazil National Exposition of 1884, along with three other artists including Georg Grimm, all listed as "1st Gold Medal" (Primera Medalha de Ouro). Excessively rare and possibly unique since it's the only confirmed example of these large 46mm gold medals