Commemorative Medal

Obverse

Name/Title

Commemorative Medal

Entry/Object ID

2000.12.19

Description

Bronze commemorative medal. One side of the medal is molded with the inscription, "READING . VERMONT . HISTORICAL . SOCIETY" with an image of an acorn on four oak leaves and the date 1761. The other side is separated into three wedges. One shows a church with the label, "OLD STONE CHURCH"; one shows a stand-alone chimney with three people and the label, "STONE CHIMNEY"; and one shows a four-bay building amid trees with the label, "GRIST MILL."

Context

Produced by the Reading Historical Society or Reading, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

2000.12

Source or Donor

Peck, Louis Provost (1918-2008)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1977

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

1-7/16 in

Material

Bronze

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Reading Historical Society

Related Places

Place

Town

Reading

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

US Bicentennial Celebration