Gold Medal, Newark, NJ, 1863–1913. 1948.150.1

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 49.31
  • Diameter (in mm): 39
  • Length: 4.2

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal
• Date Range: 1863 - 1913

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1913
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Gold

• Authority

  • Maker: Whitehead & Hoag Company

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States
  • Place of Production: Newark (N.J.)

• Obverse

  • Legend: FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, 1863 REUNION 1913.
  • Type: Standing Liberty with fasces and huge rippling U.S. flag behind kneeling aged veterans of North and South.

• Reverse

  • Legend: REUNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS 1913.
  • Type: Clasped hands before keystone, Pennsylvania map.

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1948.150.1
• Lot: 1948.150
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Subjects

• Category: Civil War

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States