Medal
- Title:
- Order of the Cincinnati Medal
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Object ID:
- 1917.019.07.1 - .2
- Creator:
- L'Enfant, Pierre Charles (1754-1825)
Architect - Place of Origin:
- France
- Date:
- 1784
- Description:
- Medal, Society of the Cincinnati. Gold eagle with white enamel head and tail, enamel seal covering eagle's body, gold laurel wreath around eagle's head. Text around seal: "VIRT.PRAEM.SOCI.CIN.... INST. A.D.1783." Gold ring at top. With blue silk ribbon edged in white.
- Material:
- Metal
Gold
Enamel
Textile
Silk - Provenance:
- Belonged to Benjamin Pierce (1757-1839). Deposited at the New Hampshire Historical Society in 1917 by Kirk D. Pierce. Donated by his daughters, Mary K. and Susan H. Pierce.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary K. Pierce and Susan H. Pierce
- People:
- Pierce, Benjamin (1757-1839), Pierce, Mary K. (1883-1971), Pierce, Susan H. (1880-1974), Pierce, Kirk D. (1845-1928)
- Subjects:
- American Revolution
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