Prize Medal

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Prize Medal

Entry/Object ID

2016.8.1

Description

Large bronze medal with 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 side 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. The name, "DOUGLAS HOWES", is within a rectangle at the center bottom.

Context

Awarded to Douglas E. Howes, Jr. by the Vermont Historical Society.

Acquisition

Accession

2016.8

Source or Donor

Howes, Douglas E., Jr.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Medallic Art Co.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Medal, Prize

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Prize

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Achievement Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Depth

1/8 in

Diameter

2-1/2 in

Material

Bronze

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Edmunds, George Franklin (1828-1919)

Person or Organization

Vermont Historical Society

Person or Organization

Howes, Douglas E., Jr.