Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Medal
Title
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Medal
Date
1909
Medium
Aluminum
Dimensions
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description
Aluminum struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Lincoln facing right with legend: "ABRAHAM LINCOLN/BORN FEB. 12TH, 1809." Reverse is inscribed:"'WITH.MALICE.TOWARD.NONE./WITH.CHARITY.FOR.ALL./WITH.FIRMNESS.IN.THE/RIGHT.AS.GOD.GIVES/US.TO.SEE.THE.RIGHT./LET.US.STRIVE.ON.'/PRESENTED/BY THE/NEW YORK"; legend: "LINCOLN.CENTENNIAL.MEDAL/SUNDAY AMERICAN."
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Herbert D. Halsey
Object Number
1941.53a
Marks
Inscription: reverse, at lower center: "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. NEWARK, N.J."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
