Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.95
Date:
1892-1893
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 33.1mm (1 5/16 in.)
Description:
White metal struck medal with obverse showing left-facing bareheaded bust-length portrait of Columbus; legend: "CHRISTOPHER 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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