Bronze Medal of Collins, Addie Mae, Philadelphia, PA, 1963–2013. 2013.53.12

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 25.469
  • Diameter (in mm): 38

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal
• Date Range: 1963 - 2013

• Date on Object

  • Date: 2013

• Authority

  • Issuer: United States Congress
  • Maker: United States Mint

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States
  • Place of Production: Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • Place of Issue: Birmingham (Ala.)

• Obverse

  • Legend: ADDIE MAE COLLINS -- DENISE McNAIR/ CAROLE ROBERTSON -- CYNTHIA WESLEY/ in field, PIVOTAL IN THE/ STRUGGLE/ FOR EQUALITY/ SEPTEMBER 15/ 1963
  • Type: Silhouettes of the four young girls, who were killed in the bombing.
  • Symbol: BF -- JL
  • Portrait: Collins, Addie Mae
  • Artist: Fox, Barbara
  • Artist: Licaretz, James Charles

• Reverse

  • Legend: ACT OF CONGRESS/ 2013/ KILLED/ IN THE/ BOMBING/ OF THE/ 16TH ST./ BAPTIST/ CHURCH/ BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
  • Type: View of front entrance to 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Symbol: DW -- JFM
  • Artist: Weaver, Donna
  • Artist: Menna, Joseph

Administrative History

• Identifier: 2013.53.12
• Lot: 2013.53
• 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