Medal

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Medal

Entry/Object ID

1951.22.1

Description

Bronze medal consisting of a top bar, silk ribbon, and two shaped metal portions. The bar is molded with an American shield and laurel leaves. A silk grosgrain ribbon hangs from that is striped red, blue, and white (from the outside in). From the ribbon hangs a metal spread eagle with crossed cannons. From that hangs a bronze star with an image of a woman in a toga beating a naked man with her shield. The back of the star is engraved with the inscription, "The Congress/ to/ Sergt. Robert/ I. Coffey/ Co.K 4th Vermont Vols./for distinguished/conduct at/ Bank's Ford, Va./ May 4/ 1863."

Context

Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Sergeant Robert I. Coffey of Co. K 4th Vermont Volunteers for distinguished conduct at Bank's Ford, Virginia.

Acquisition

Accession

1951.22

Source or Donor

Warren, Nellie C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1863

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

Material

Bronze, Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Coffey, Robert J. (1842-1901)

Person or Organization

4th Vermont Infantry

Related Events

Event

Civil War

Interpretative Labels

Label

Congressional Medal of Honor, 1892 Bronze and Ribbon Gift of Nellie C. Warren, #1951.22.1 Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Sergeant Robert I. Coffey of Co. K 4th Vermont Volunteers for distinguished conduct at Bank's Ford, Virginia.