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Two bronze non-athletic award medals issued at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, designed by Adolph A. Weinman and struck by the US Mint at Philadelphia. Both feature the same design set within a different border: the front depicts Columbia, with arms spread wide holding the United States flag, beside a youthful maiden representing the Louisiana Purchase Territory; against a rising sun, the girl is disrobing the cloak of France, with raised text and date encircling the image, “Universal Exposition–Saint Louis–United States of America, MCMIV." The reverse shows a large eagle with wings spread above a tablet, marked as "Bronze Medal" [round] and "Silver Medal" [square]. Two dolphins below symbolizing the nations' eastern and western boundaries, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Weinman later designed the Walking Liberty half-dollar and Mercury dime.
