Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Luce Center
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Howard Military Medal
Object Number:
1935.130
Date:
1862
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 13/16 in. ( 4.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, above exergual line, at left: "DUVIV."
inscription: edge, lower center: "CUIVRE"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing Howard on horseback pursuing an enemy with winged figure of Victory overhead holding laure wreath above his head; legend: "JOH.EGAR.HOWARD LEGIONIS PEDITUM PRAEFECTO"; inscription below exergual line: "COMITIA AMERICANA." Reverse bears an inscription within laure wreath: "QUOD/IN NUTANDEM HOSTIUM ACIEM/SUBITO IRRUENS/PRAECLARUM BELLICAE VIRTUTIS/SPECIMEN DEDIT/IN PUGNA AD COWPENS/XVII.JAN.MDCCLXXXI"
Credit Line:
Gift of Maj. Gen. Frederick a. Irving, Supt. U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
