Bronze Medal, United States. 1003.1.5

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 156
  • Diameter (in mm): 70
• Countermark: AWARDED TO GROVE KARL GILBERT EXPLORER-WRITER-TEACHER ... MDCCCCX

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1910
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze
• Symbol: V.D.Brenner

• 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
  • Type: bust, facing

• Reverse

  • Legend: THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
  • 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: 1003.1.5
• Lot: 1003.1
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Rights

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