Medal, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Medal, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2019.039
- Date:
- 2019
- Description:
- John Stark commemorative medal, 2019. Circular medal with silver finish. Obverse: relief portrait of John Stark, identified as "GEN. John Stark", with names of four battles (Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Trenton, and Bennington); blue enamel band around perimeter, with silver lettering: "LIVE FREE OR DIE / Death is Not the Greatest of Evils". Reverse: multi-colored enamel SAR seal in center; red enamel band around perimeter, with silver lettering: "NEW HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY / Sons of the American Revolution®". In rectangular cardboard box covered with purple velvet; hinged lid lined with white satin imprinted with gold SAR seal.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- D-0.1 Dia-1.75 inches Weight-1 oz
- Provenance:
- Issued by the New Hampshire Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the New Hampshire Society, Sons of the American Revolution
- People:
- Stark, John (1728-1822)
- Subjects:
- Commemorative objects, Medals, Stark, John
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