Bronze Medal, United States. 1003.1.3

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 135
  • Diameter (in mm): 70

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1903
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Artist: Brenner, Victor David
  • Issuer: American Geographical Society

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States

• Obverse

  • Legend: THE CHARLES P DALY MEDAL FOR GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH/ V.D.BRENNER
  • Type: bust, facing

• Reverse

  • Legend: THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK/ AWARDED TO ROBERT.E.PEARY.U.S.N..DECEMBER.XI.MCMII
  • Type: hand with torch; branch

• Edge

  • Description: TIFFANY & Co BRONZE

References

• Reference: Grolier,1907.31
• Reference: ANS,1910.10
• Reference: Hahlo,1912.48
• Reference: Smedley.54

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1003.1.3
• Lot: 1003.1
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Subjects

• Category: 19c

Rights

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