Medal
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Object ID:
- 1992.043.06
- Creator:
- Whitehead & Hoag Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Medal. Bronze, on ribbon pin. Cruciform medal with eagle and text "ROCHESTER, / N.H." on front, with Rochester city seal. On reverse: "PRESENTED / TO HER / GALLANT SONS / BY THE CITY OF / ROCHESTER, N.H. / IN GRATEFUL / RECOGNITION OF / THEIR PART IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1917-1918". Polychrome striped silk ribbon. Made by Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, NJ. Presented to Kenneth F. Magoon.
- Material:
- Metal
Bronze
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-2.75 L-1.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Presented to Kenneth F. Magoon (1898-1966) of Rochester, NH, who served in World War I and was head of the New Hampshire Department of "Forty and Eight", a veterans' group.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Magoon, Kenneth F. (1898-1966)
- Subjects:
- Eagle, Medals, Ribbons, World War I
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