sentences:  The Medal of Liberty is a circular, bronze medallion, seven inches in diameter, hand finished and patinated by Alex Shagin.On the obverse of the medal is the bust of Frédéric Bartholdi, facing slightly to the right and holding in his right hand his small bronze sculpture of "Liberty Enlightening the World", his template for the construction of the Statue of Liberty National Monument at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor.Bartholdi's name appears vertically, his middle name, Auguste, to the left of his bust and his surname to the right.