Medal
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Object ID:
- 1975.599.05
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Commemorative medal, Tristram Coffin. Circular; lead alloy. Obverse: relief image of man in 17th-century costume standing on pedestal that is marked "1642"; text around perimeter, "TRISTRAM COFFIN THE FIRST OF THE RACE THAT SETTLED IN AMERICA". Reverse: image of four clasped hands; text around perimeter, "DO HONOUR TO HIS NAME / BE UNITED". Hole at top edge.
- Material:
- Metal
Lead - Dimensions:
- D-0.2 Dia-2.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Coffin, Tristram
- Subjects:
- Commemorative objects, Medals, Hands
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