1907 Theodore Roosevelt "Great White Fleet" World Cruise Bronze Medal

This is a 1907 bronze medal for President Theodore Roosevelt's Atlantic Fleet cruise around the world, which later became known as the "Great White Fleet". The medal shows a bust of President Roosevelt and reads THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The reverse of the medal shows a Victory-like woman and youth holding maps and surveying a fleet. The reverse reads HAMPTON ROADS DEC. 16, 1907 DEPARTURE OF UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET CRUISE AROUND THE WORLD.

Circa 1907.

2-7/16" height and 3-1/8" width.

Bronze.

MOREAU.

This is from a political collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VAJJX07 LEBEX5/10 SEBEX11/13

8- (Very Fine-Excellent): Medal is in wonderful shape with small spots of wear.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.