Bronze Medal, France. 2007.24.3

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 149.663
  • Diameter (in mm): 133

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1917
• Manufacture: Galvano

• Authority

  • Artist: Mouroux, Anie

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: France
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: Third French Republic

• Obverse

  • Legend: THE HOUR HAS COME to left from top to bottom: "JUSTICE/ LIBERTY" to left: "AMERICA/ ENTERS/THE WAR/ APRIL/ 6/ 1917"
  • Type: Two female figures, l.: to left: kneeling "America", holding sword in right hand and up towards the sky, left hand on heart; to right: helmeted Athena/ Minerva, dressed in classical draped clothes.

References

• Reference: AoD 6185.131521.2.b [http://numismatics.org/aod/id/6185.131521.2.b]

Administrative History

• Identifier: 2007.24.3
• Lot: 2007.24
• 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