Name/Title
Token, CommemorativeEntry/Object ID
2014.18.1Description
Limited-edition boxed set of ten 9/11 commemorative medallions (lapel pins without posts), housed in wood box with hinged lid engraved "SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 / [American flag illustration] / WE WILL / NEVER FORGET" on exterior and "IN OUR [in red] / HEARTS FOREVER [in blue] on white-satin lid interior, removable blue-velvet pad in box bottom with 1 1/2"h x 3"w metal medallion adherred and surrounded by ten metal pins (w/o posts), medallion reads "FOR THOSE WHO GAVE... / THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE / SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 / SERIES TWO LIMITED EDITION / 723 OF 1,000," top row, left to right: 1"h x 1 1/8"w silver-and-black shield-shaped pin marked "CITY OF NEW YORK / POLICE / 23/ 9 11," 1 1/4"h x 3/4"w red-white-blue memory ribbon-shaped pin marked "AA / 9 11," 1 1/4"h x 1/4"w silver-and-black Maltese cross pin marked "F.D. / N.Y." with 9 11 / 343" in between, red-white-blue 1 1/4"h x 3/4"w memory ribbon-shaped pin marked "UA 9 11," 1"h 1 1/8"w silver-and-black shield-shaped pin marked "PORT AUTHORITY / POLICE / 37 / 9 11," middle row, left to right: 1"h x 1 1/4"w gold-color pin marked "NEW YORK STATE COURTS / 3 / SENIOR COURT OFFICER / 9 11," 1 1/4"h x 3/4"w silver dog with shield on chest marked PORT AUTHORITY / POLICE / K9," bottom row, left to right: 11 1/4"h x 1/4"w silver Pentagon marked "9 11" with red-white-blue American flag angled at top, 1 1/2"h x 1 1/2"w mostly disc-shaped pin marked "DEDICATED TO THE BRAVEST OF NEW YORK / 9-11-01 with Twin Towers flanked by Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building with old-fashion police and fire wagons below, 3/4"h x 1 1/4"w red-white-blue American flag with ragged right edge with jet over top third and "LET'S ROLL" curved in bottom two-thirds, paper certificate of authenticity (held by band in interior lid), #723 of 1,000, 1 1/4"h x 9 1/2"w x 5 3/4"d, manufacturer unknown (probably China), dates to after September 2001 but before January 2004. Second issue in the "Our Heroes" collection series created by artist Howard Young.Collection
September 11th ExhibitMade/Created
Manufacturer
Young, Hoard (created by)Date made
2001 - 2004