Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.76
Date:
1892-1893
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
height and width: 18.8 x 18mm (3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Marks:
On serrated attachment to hanger on reverse: "PAT OCT 11 '92".
Description:
Brass struck horse-shoe-shaped uniface medalet showing right-facing bust-length portrait of bareheaded Columbus; legend: "COLUMBIAN SOUVENIR"/ 1492." Hanger loop affixed to serrated strip on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
