In bronze gilt, weighing 181 grams, obverse illustrating a seated allegorical female figure in a flowing dress, with an olive branch in her right hand and a plaque bearing the bust of President George Washington in her left hand, a cornucopia at her feet, the woman flanked at the right by two men that appear to be miners/prospectors/pioneers standing upon a rock outcrop, with a tree behind them, a Native American paddling a canoe in front of her, a steamer ship and a rising sun in the background at the left, Mount Rainier in the background at the right, surrounded by the inscription "ALASKA YUKON PACIFIC EXPOSITION / 1909 SEATTLE 1909" and engraver marked "Z Ziegler", reverse bearing an un-named plaque in the centre, surmounted by a smaller plaque inscribed "GOLD MEDAL", all within an ornate open-ended floral wreath and maker marked "THE GORHAM CO.", measuring 76.3 mm in diameter, spotting on the obverse, edge nicks, bruised, maintaining terrific detail throughout, near extremely fine.
Footnote: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. It was originally planned for 1907, to mark the tenth anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush, but the organizers found out about the Jamestown (Virginia) Exposition being held that year, and subsequently re-scheduled it for the following year. It opened on June 1, 1909 and closed on October 16, 1909 and had over 3,700,000 visitors. The fairgrounds later became the campus of the University of Washington.