Gustav Selve Commemorative Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1924
name: label: Maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in 1924. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and campaign medals. This commemorative medal is German.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Profile image of Gustav Selve facing left. The legend reads: GUSTAV SELVE/EIN PIONIER DER NICKEL-INDUSTRIE.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: The legend reads: REIN-NICKEL ALTENA (WESTF.)/1874-1924/50/JAHRE/NICKEL/ HÜTTE/BASSE/und/SELVE.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Scovill Manufacturing Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scovill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0296.1712
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1712
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm; 1 15/16 in