Museum Collections
Luce Center
Japanese Embassy Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1145
Date:
After 1861
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, below bust truncation: "Paquet. F."
inscription: reverse, below field, at center: "Paquet. F."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with clothed bust of James Buchanan facing right with legend: "JAMES BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." Reverse bears an inscription within oak wreath: "IN/COMMEMORATION/OF THE/FIRST EMBASSY FROM/JAPAN/TO THE/UNITED STATES/1860."
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