Ponce de Leon quatricentennial medal
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1908
label: Associated Date
content: 1508
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bronze medal commemorating the 400th anniversary of the "Christian colonization" of Puerto Rico by Ponce de Leon in 1508. The cased medal bears the image of a bearded man in armor and a plumed helmet. Around him are the words "Juan Ponce de Leon Explorador Conquistador Poblado Y Gobernador Primero del Boriquen" and the years 1508 and 1908. On the verso, a woman in a classical gown is shown planting a cross on a beach near a ship and palm tree, surrounded by the words "Coloizacion Christiana de Puerto Rico" and "Cuarto Centenario."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: Puerto Rico
label: Associated Place
content: Central America
topic: label: Subject
content: Colonization
label: Subject
content: Anniversary
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.23773
label: catalog number
content: 23773
label: accession number
content: 64030
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (as stored): 4 in x 4 in x 1 in; 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.54 cm