Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass
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Luce Center
Lindbergh Medal
Object Number:
952
Date:
1927
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Container: 3 × 3 × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 7.6 × 1 cm)
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower left: trademark symbol followed by "H"
Inscription: reverse, at lower center: "H"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Inscription: box cover, inscribed in black ink: "Museum Accession # 952 [in red in
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed three-quarter bust of Lindbergh facing right with legend: "C LINDBERGH"; inscription: "New . York . to . Paris . in ./.33 1/2 hours ./. May 20 21/. 1927 ." Reverse depicts aeroplane flying above sunset, all surrounded by wings emerging from shell below; legend above: "..NEW . YORK . TO . PARIS.." Medal set into white square cardboard box.
Credit Line:
Gift of S.V. Hoffman, 1928
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
