Casting

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Casting

Entry/Object ID

1918.1a-b

Description

Two plaster medallions. One shows a bust of a man on one side and a long inscription within a laurel wreath on the other side. The face side shows a bearded man who is bald on the top of his head. He is wearing a suit jacket, high-collard shirt, and bow tie. The inscription, "GEORGE FRANKLIN EDMUNDS" rings the top edge and the dates 1828 and 1919 flank the man. The other has the inscription, "AWARDED BY THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG VERMONTERS TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND PROBLEMS OF THEIR STATE AND TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF GEORGE FRANKLIN EDMUNDS" in the center of a laurel wreath. There is a blank rectangle at the center bottom.

Context

Design sample of a medal commissioned and awarded by the Vermont Historical Society

Acquisition

Accession

1918.1

Source or Donor

Spargo, John

Made/Created

Artist

Keck, Charles

Date made

1918

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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Depth

1 in

Diameter

10-3/8 in

Material

Plaster

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Edmunds, George Franklin (1828-1919)

Person or Organization

Vermont Historical Society