Bronze Medal of Naglee, Henry Morris, Paris. 0000.999.40658

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.40658

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 85.931
    • Diameter (in mm): 58

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1862
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze
  • Color: mahogany
  • Shape: Round

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: FAIR OAKS 31 MAY 1862
    • Type: Naglee leading charge at Fair Oaks, horse shot under him.
    • Portrait: Naglee, Henry Morris

  • Reverse

    • Legend: THE PENINSULA CHICKAHOMINY THE CAROLINAS / TO GEN. H. NAGLEE, etc.
    • Type: Battle honors, inscription expressing admiration and respect.

  • Edge

    • Description: CUIVRE

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.40658
  • Lot: 0000.999
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Issuer of some California pioneer gold, a father of the state's wine industry, where he took the secret of Naglee's brandy with him to the grave.

Subjects

  • Category: Civil War

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined