Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.280ab
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 19.2mm (3/4 in.)
Description:
Brass struck medalets with obverse showing right-facing bust-length portrait; legend: "ADMIRAL W.S. SCHLEY". Reverse legend: "CERVERA'S SPANISH FLEET / DESTROYED / OFF / SANTIAGO / JULY. 3. / 1898."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
