Medal

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Medal

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.94

Description

Property J&C2: Late Cast George Washington Peace Medal. Object: commemorative medal, Artist/Maker: Federal Mint (19th Century: PA), Title/Model: George Washington Peace Medal, Date/Region: ca. 1842 / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Medium/Technique: cast unknown metal alloy, turquoise beads on string / handmade, Edition/Series: unknown, commercially produced, Size: 3.25" H x 2.25" W (medal), 21" L (necklace), Condition: average with pits, dents and tarnishing to the medal, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: Reproduction rimmed, oval, cast metal alloy, commemorative medal depicting George Washington with a Native American man smoking a peace pipe on the front and the American eagle on the back. George Washington, President 1793 is stamped into design on the front. Attached to a necklace of turquoise beads. Purchased from Bob Sleeper Auction from Emma, Missouri, December 20, 1992, $350 paid lot 258.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Medal

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Decoration of Honor

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Award

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Achievement Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 19, 2018