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The obverse of the medal depicts the bust of Mary I of England facing left, wearing an elaborate gown, a chemise, a pendant, a cap adorned with jewels, and a veil. Beaded border. Her features are given an extraordinary alertness, while the details of her costume are rendered with a precision that is nonetheless subordinate to the form of the body beneath and to the overlapping layers of drapery.
The reverse of the medal shows a figure of Peace, draped and wearing a radiate crown, seated on a throne, below which are a cube bearing clasped hands and some scales. She holds in her right hand palm olive branches, and in her left a flaming torch with which she sets alight a pile of arms in front of a crowd of figures and a temple. To the left, suppliant figures beset by hailstorms. Above, rays issuing from a cloud. Below, water.
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