Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.98
Date:
1892-1893
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 13.5mm (9/16 in.)
Description:
Brass struck medalet with obverse showing right-facing bare-headed bust-length portrait of Columbus with ruff; legend "WORLD'S FAIR COLUMBUS." Reverse legend: "OUR FATHER/ WHO ART IN HEAVEN/ HALLOWED BE THY NAME/ THY KINGDOM COME/ THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH/ AS IT IS IN HEAVEN/ GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD/ AND FORGIVE US OUR TRSPASSES/ AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO/ TRESPASS AGAINST US/ AND LEAD US NOT INTO/ TEMPTATION/ BUT DELIVER US/ FROM EVIL/ AMEN."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
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