Medal, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Medal, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2011.035.03
- Creator:
- Gosselin, Lucien-Hippolyte (1883-1940); Gorham Manufacturing Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Providence, RI
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Commemorative medal, World War I, City of Manchester, NH, 1918. Circular cast bronze medal with figure of peace and sunrise over group of marching soldiers, with text above: "SALVAM FECERVNT REMPVBLICAM"; impressed name at bottom, "L. Gosselin". Reverse: seal of the City of Manchester surrounded by laurel wreath and text, "TO THE DEFENDERS OF JUSTICE AND LIBERTY FROM A GRATEFUL AND PROUD CITY MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE - 1918"; "GORHAM CO" below wreath. Suspended from horizontal bronze pin by red, white, and blue silk ribbon.
- Material:
- Metal
Bronze
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-2.6 W-1.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired by donor from a dealer.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mark McMorrow
- Subjects:
- Commemorative objects, Laurel wreath, Medals, Peace, Ribbons, Seals, Soldiers, Sunrises & sunsets, World War I
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