Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.150
Date:
1892
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 60.3mm (2 3/8 in.)
Marks:
Obverse below bust: "OERTL BERLIN"; in edge: "J. CHRISTENSEN SC. E. DEITENBECK FEC"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing right front-facing bare headed bust-length portrait of Columbus with fur collar above branches and anchor; legend: "CHRISTOPH COLUMBUS." Reverse shows draped female figure in flight over Atlantic, with "PALOS" and "SAN SALVADOR" marked, "1492" on her sail; legend: "ZUM 400 JAHR JUBILAEUM DER ENTDECKUNG AMERICAS 12. OCTBR 1892."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
