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Collection Highlights

Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
1862.9
Wood, metal
Artist/Maker: Thomas Fitch Rowland

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Brigadier General James Miller Military Medal

Brigadier General James Miller Military Medal
Title
Brigadier General James Miller Military Medal
Date 
After 1840
Related People 
Artist/Maker: U.S. Mint
Related People 
Engraver: Moritz Furst
Related People 
Awarded To/Depicted: James Miller
Medium 
Copper-plated lead
Dimensions 
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description 
Copper-plated lead electrotype of James Miller military medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Miller facing right with legend: "BRIGADIER GENl. JAMES MILLER./I'LL TRY." Reverse shows scene of battle of Lundy's Lane (Niagara) with legend above: "RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS NOVEMBER 3. 1814."; inscription below exergual line: "BATTLES OF CHIPPEWA/JULY 5. 1814./NIAGARA. JULY 25. 1814./ERIE SEP. 17. 1814."
Object Number 
1942.23
Marks 
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of bust: "FURST. F." Inscription: reverse, below inscription in exergue, at center: "FURST. F."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.