Brussels International Exposition medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Brussels International Exposition of 1935 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) bronze medal awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1935. The medal is rectangular in shape with a slightly rounded top edge. A relief, winged Nike is centrally depicted, standing behind a rectangular block. Her arms are extended outwards and she is holding bouquets of flowers with streaming ribbons in both of her hands. Swaths of fabric are draped over her arms. The block is engraved with the text [BRUSSELS / TO / MR PEACOCK]. Stamped at the bottom of the medal is the text [EXPOSITION UNIVERSELE / ET INTERNATIONALE / 1935 / ALGEMEENE WERELD / TENTOONSTELLING]. Stamped along the right bottom edge is the text, [BONNETAIN]. The back of the medal is blank. Along the bottom edge of the medal is a stamped maker’s mark that reads [J. FONSON].

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