Medal to Charles Young for America's Sesquicentennial Engraver: James Spencer and Co.
Honorand: Colonel Charles Young, American, 1864–1922

1926

Numismatics

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Brass

Dimensions

20.64 g, 58 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.25802

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: AMERICA'S SESQUICENTENNIAL AND THE 63RD ANIVERSARY OF THE FREEDOM OF ITS SLAVES 1864-1922 COLONEL CHARLES YOUNG U.S.A. WEST POINT '89

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: IN MEMORY OF THEIR HEROISM AND THAT OF THEIR PROGENY WHO AS VOLUNTEERS IN THE AMERICAN WARS GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PERPETUITY OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
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Object/Work type

medals

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