West Virginia Indoor Games medal awarded to Eulace Peacock
date: label: Date
content: 1935
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Balfour, American, founded 1913
label: Issued by
content: West Virginia University, American, founded 1867
label: Received by
content: Eulace Peacock, American, 1914 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: West Virginia Indoor Games first place medal for the Running Broad Jump event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1935. The medal consists of a gold toned pin holding a yellow and blue striped ribbon. The pin has a “c” clasp closure on the back and a bar that hold the ribbon. The ribbon is looped through the bars and held in place with thread at the bottom corners of the pin. The medal is octagonal, gold colored, and has a round bezel attached to two (2) jump rings. In the center of the obverse of the medal is a relief depiction of a tablet with an athlete in mid-jump. The athlete is depicted in full length facing the left edge of the medal. His proper right arm is extended in front of him and his proper left arm is behind him. His torso is bent and his legs are extended in front of him. A sunburst patterns surrounds the tablet. The medal has an outer band decorated with a floral pattern. At each vertex of the octagon is a fleur-de-lis embellishment. At the bottom of the medal is relief text that reads, [WEST VIRGINIA / INDOOR GAMES / 1935]. The back of the pin is stamped [PAT / BALFOUR / APLD FOR]. On the reverse of the medal, engraved in the center, is text that reads [COLLEGE AND / UNIVERSITY / DIVISION / RUNNING / BROAD JUMP / FIRST]. Along the bottom edge is a stamped maker’s mark that reads, [BALFOUR].
place: label: Place made
content: Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: West Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Track and field
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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: A2014.63.105.1.118
objectType: label: Type
content: pins (fasteners)
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 with silk (textile) , dye and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 3 3/16 × 1 7/16 × 1/4 in. (8.2 × 3.7 × 0.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (pin): 1/2 × 1 7/16 × 3/16 in. (1.2 × 3.6 × 0.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (ribbon): 1 7/16 × 1 5/16 × 1/4 in. (3.7 × 3.4 × 0.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (medal): 1 9/16 × 1 7/16 × 1/8 in. (4 × 3.7 × 0.3 cm)