Bronze Medal, New York City, NY. 1003.1.38

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 70
• Countermark: awarded to Major General George W. Goethals

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1917
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze
• Symbol: L.F.Emmer Inv.|V.D.Brenner Fec.

• Authority

  • Artist: Emmer, L.F.
  • Artist: Brenner, Victor David
  • Issuer: American Geographical Society
  • Maker: Tiffany & Co.

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States

• Obverse

  • Legend: THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
  • Type: man in prow of ship, facing

• Reverse

  • Legend: THE CULLUM GEOGRAPHICAL MEDAL
  • Type: draped woman with globe and branch

• Edge

  • Description: TIFFANY & Co. BRONZE

References

• Reference: Grolier,1907.5
• Reference: Hahlo,1912.124
• Reference: Jaspon Coll.,1953.
• Reference: Urbana Exhib,1971.1
• Reference: Smedley.23

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1003.1.38
• Lot: 1003.1
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • American Geographical Society

Description

Rights

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