In 1904, Jack Daniel surprised the entire world (with the exception of the folks from Tennessee, of course) by winning the Gold Medal for best whiskey in the competition at the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. To commemorate this honor, Mr. Jack commissioned a special commemorative decanter. This half-gallon reproduction of the commemorative decanter, released in 1971, was the first Jack Daniel’s commemorative bottle to be made available to the general public.