Commemorative medal

Museum number:
1-223962
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
Two medals; drilled and tied together; aluminum; obverse: Liberty Head; “Libertas Americana, 4 Juil, 1776”; reverse: Independence Hall in Philadelphia; “The Birthplace of Liberty, July 4, 1776, Independence Hall”.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
California
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Aluminum (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Commemorative medals
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 1-223962, described as Two medals; drilled and tied together; aluminum; obverse: Liberty Head; “Libertas Americana, 4 Juil, 1776”; reverse: Independence Hall in Philadelphia; “The Birthplace of Liberty, July 4, 1776, Independence Hall”.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 1-223962, described as Two medals; drilled and tied together; aluminum; obverse: Liberty Head; “Libertas Americana, 4 Juil, 1776”; reverse: Independence Hall in Philadelphia; “The Birthplace of Liberty, July 4, 1776, Independence Hall”.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 1-223962, described as Two medals; drilled and tied together; aluminum; obverse: Liberty Head; “Libertas Americana, 4 Juil, 1776”; reverse: Independence Hall in Philadelphia; “The Birthplace of Liberty, July 4, 1776, Independence Hall”.

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