The Connecticut Medal | Yale University Art Gallery

1926

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 25.310 g, 12:00, 38.4 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of the Reverend WIlliam H. Owen, B.A. 1897, Collection
Accession Number: 2001.87.29606
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: CONNECTICUT STATE BUILDING, SESQUI-CENTENNIAL PHILADELPHIA, 1776-1925, image of building

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: "I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY", NATHAN HALE, PATRIOT-MARTYR, CONNECTICUT 1755, 1776, image of Hale on a podium, shield, olive branch

Provenance

Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

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