Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
Object Number:
INV.3518
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Thomas Truxtun facing left. Reverse shows a naval battle scene with inscritpion below exergual line: "By vote of Congress, to/THOMAS TRUXTUN/24 Mar. 1800."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
