Medal awarded to Eulace Peacock
date: label: Date
content: 1930-1948
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company, American, 1892 - 1965
label: Received by
content: Eulace Peacock, American, 1914 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: An unidentified athletics medal awarded to Eulace Peacock. The medal is round with scalloped edges, gold colored, and has a jump ring threaded through a hole at the top. In the center of the obverse of the medal is a relief depiction of a nude male athlete in full length. The athlete is depicted in profile, looking upwards towards a laurel branch he holds above his head with his proper right arm. His proper left foot is held slightly forward and his proper left arm is bent at the elbow and held to his chest. On the right side of the medal is relief depiction of a branch of leaves. The background surface of the medal is leather textured. The reverse of the medal is blank except for a relief maker’s mark at the center that reads, [HE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK N.J.].
place: label: Place made
content: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Track and field
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2014.63.105.1.99
objectType: label: Type
content: medals
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 1 9/16 × 1 7/16 × 3/16 in. (4 × 3.6 × 0.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (medal): 1 7/16 × 1 7/16 × 1/8 in. (3.7 × 3.6 × 0.3 cm)