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Medal Commemorating First Japanese Embassy to the United States

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown medal with raised profile portrait of man with short hair, facing right. The man wears a high collared shirt. Inscription around edge of medal reads "FRANKLIN PIERCE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES".

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Date:: 1860
Medium:: Bronze
Dimensions:: 599 × 550 px
Museum record:: View original

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