102803 | ARGENTINA & CHILE. Peace Treaty/Rainbow silver Medal.

102803  |  ARGENTINA & CHILE. Peace Treaty silver Medal. Issued 1911/2 for the end of the border dispute (58mm, 70.50 g, 12h).

 

INDE PAX UTRIUSQUE PONTI, two battle cruisers (San Martin [Argentina]) and O'Higgins [Chile]) sailing side-by-side; garlanded olive wreath below // PACTIONES ARGENTINO–CHILENSES / 28 MAII MCMII, view of the Andes, with rainbow arcing overtop; POST PACTA, FŒDERA... in exergue. Edge: Plain.

 

Royal Museums Greenwich Coll. MEC2626. PCGS MS-62. Mostly a pale gray-argent, with some hints of iridescence nearer the peripheries, and pattern of color that parallel the rainbow for added effect. A fairly scarce Latin American type with great iconography.

 

Given their extensive border, Argentina and Chile have experienced their fair share of territorial disputes, as their lengthy neighboring lands run for over 3,300 miles. Following a heated escalation in 1902, King Edward VII of Great Britain intervened, quelling the tensions in an equitable manner. The presidents of the two countries were on board their respective ships (the San Martin and the O'Higgins) and met in the Straits of Magellan.

 

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Upload: 16 December 2024.