Medal, Commemorative

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Medal, Commemorative

Entry/Object ID

469 a

Tags

Restricted

Description

Material: metal. Size: 3" diameter x 3/16" thick. Description: metal disk - front side design shows Christopher Columbus stepping onto shore - reverse imprinted: "World's Columbian Exposition In Commemoration of the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of Columbus" and "Samuel Hawks". Medal Case is #469b.

Context

Waseca County Creameries. Dairy. Buttermaking. Dairy exhibit medal won by Samuel Hawks (Hawkes) at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-1893. Donor was Carolyn Hawkes, grandaughter of Charles Hawkes. Samuel & Charles were brothers.

Cataloged By

Legacy Artifacts Import

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

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

February 26, 1999

Update Date

November 21, 2024