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Medal

Jonathan M. Swanson

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bronze medal with two sides. The left side features a raised image of an older man with short, curled hair wearing a collared jacket and a shirt with a high collar. The man's image is encircled by text reading "EIN FESTE BURG IST UNSER GO TT" at the top and "1483 MARTIN LUTHER 1546" at the bottom. The right side features a raised image of a man standing in an archway holding a book. The man standing is dressed in a long robe. He stands behind a lectern. Two people stand behind him. The archway has a rounded top. The text around the top of the right side reads "QUADRICENTENNIAL OF THE REFORMATION". The years "1517" and "1917" are on either side of the archway. The medal's background is a gray gradient.

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Dimensions
900 × 412 px
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