Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.203
Date:
ca. 1862
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 25.4mm (1 in.)
Marks:
Obverse under bust: "BOLEN"
Description:
Copper struck medal with obverse showing right-facing bust-length portrait of Lincoln; legend: "LINCOLN." Reverse legend: "A PIECE OF COPPER/ TAKEN FROM/ THE/ WRECK OF THE/ REBEL/ RAM MERRIMAC./ IN 1862/ BY/ J.F. PRATT/ A.A. SURG. U.S.A./ ONLY TEN STRUCK."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
