Commemorative Medal

Name/Title

Commemorative Medal

Entry/Object ID

1952.21.10

Description

Bronze medallion with an image of a lunging man flanked by the words "RESEARCH" and "INDUSTRY". The other side of the medal has a map of the shoreline of Chicago, Illinois, with the inscription, "A CENTURY OF PROGRESS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1933". It has its original leather-covered box with the label, "OFFICLA WORLD'S FAIR MEDAL, Inc. / Administration Building / A Century of Progress / CHICAGO".

Context

Produced for the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, also called the Century of Progress International Exposition.

Acquisition

Accession

1952.21

Source or Donor

Wait, Marjorie

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Zettler, Emil Robert

Date made

1933

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Medal, Commemorative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Commemorative

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Diameter

1-3/4 in

Dimension Description

Box

Height

7/16 in

Width

2-13/16 in

Depth

2-13/16 in

Material

Bronze

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

Chicago World's Fair