Panama, Republic. A Medal For The Fiftieth Anniversary Of Republic Of Panama 1903-1953 Auction Archive s Police medal

s Police medal

In gilded bronze (gilding nearly completely worn off)

had tried to avoid outright war with the company's pioneers because he and his advisors were mindful of the destructive power of European-produced weapons on traditional Matabele impis (units of warriors) attacking in massed ranks

document for Commemorative medal 13

marked “R” for an unknown maker

Panama, Republic. A Medal For The Fiftieth Anniversary Of Republic Of Panama 1903-1953 Auction Archive s Police medal(Medalla por el Cincuentenario de la Fundacin de la Republica de Panama). Instituted in 1953. In bronze gilt, obverse bearing four portraits, each within a circular frame, clockwise from the top: F. Boyd, T. Arias, M. Espinosa and J. A. Arango, with the dates "1903" and "1953" above, inscribed "CINQUENTENARIO DE LA FUNDACION DE LA REPUBLICA DE PANAMA" below, reverse with an allegorical scene, a central figure holding a fasces, the symbol of power, in