Medal
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Object ID:
- 1975.599.20
- Date:
- 1869
- Description:
- Commemorative medal, National Peace Jubilee, Boston, June 1869. Circular wooden medal. Obverse: relief image of large building with text above and below, "THE GREAT COLISEUM / FOR THE / NATIONAL PEACE CELEBRATION". Text on reverse: "NATIONAL / PEACE JUBILEE / ASSOCIATION / BOSTON / JUNE 1869".
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- D-0.25 Dia-2.4 Cir-0.4 inches
- Provenance:
- The National Peace Jubilee was organized by Patrick Gilmore to celebrate the peace following the Civil War. It was held in Boston from June 15 to June 19, 1869.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Celebrations, Commemorative objects, Medals, Peace, Jubilees
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