Medal, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Medal, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2004.019
- Date:
- 1905
- Description:
- G.A.R. medal, bronze, commemorating the 39th National Encampment, Denver, CO, 1905. Obverse: relief image of summit of Pikes Peak, including tower with flag, two cog railway engines and cars, and large boulder field; one boulder is marked "Pikes Peak". Reverse: raised lettering around circumference: "39TH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT G.A.R. / DENVER SEPT. 1905". Laurel branch encircling raised lettering in center: "IN HONOR / OF THE / BRAVE MEN / WHO VICTORIOUSLY/ DEFENDED THE UNION / ON LAND AND SEA / DURING THE WAR / OF THE / GREAT REBELLION / 1861-1865".
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- D-0.2 Dia-2.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Found by donor in his house at 32 South Street, Concord, NH. Found in crawl space, mounted on wall with railroad spike. Building was a rooming house for many years.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Timothy Morin
- Subjects:
- Army, Boulders, Cars, Civil War, Cog railroads, Encampment, Engines, Flags, Fraternal organizations, Laurels, Mountains, Pikes Peak, Towers
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