| Summary: | Medals like this one were given out as prizes to exhibitors at the Seattle Exposition. All the medals were originally bronze and then the gold and silver medals were plated. Typically the name of the winner was engraved on the reverse of the medal but this one is blank. The design shows a woman at the center in classical dress, holding an olive branch in one hand and a portrait of George Washington in the other. Behind her is a snowy mountain, a sunrise, and a steamship. On the right side are two men, one with an axe (to represent logging) and the other with a pickaxe (to represent mining). In the foreground is a shirtless man in a canoe with long hair and two feathers in his hair (to represent a Native American). The medals were produced by the Gorham Company of New York and the front has a small signature reading “F. Ziegler.” 1 Medal, Commemorative; Materials: metal; Dimensions: .5 in.H x 3 in.Diam
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