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La Paz, Bolivia, engraved gold medal (mid-1900s), UMSA Architects Association / retirement of Villan

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La Paz, Bolivia, engraved gold medal (mid-1900s), UMSA Architects Association / retirement of Villan
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La Paz, Bolivia, engraved gold medal (mid-1900s), UMSA Architects Association / retirement of Villanueva. 39 mm; 14.58 grams. Obverse with engraving ASOCIACION ARQUITECTOS - UMSA above scene with ray-topped mountains and Ionic column in right foreground; reverse engraved with branch to left and wording EN / RECONOCIMIENTO / DE ETERNA GRATITUD / A SU FUNDADOR Y MAESTRO / ING: ARQUITECTO DON / EMILIO VILLANUEVA / (ornament) - LA PAZ. A thin, 15K gold medal with trapezoidal loop at top, a bit worn and polished but with attractive red toning in design on front, small test scrape to right on back, potentially important as recognizing the founder of the school of architecture at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), presumably on the occasion of his retirement. Villanueva is considered Bolivia's greatest architect of the 20th century.