Medallion awarded to Gene Tunney honoring Tunney's first victory against Dempsey
date: label: date made
content: 1926
name: label: referenced
content: Tunney, Gene
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Gold medallion with the figures of Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey engraved on the front of the medal and an engraving of the Liberty Bell on the reverse. The case is green leather and is very worn. This was given to Tunney by the Philadelphia-Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition Association to commemorate Tunney's first victory against Dempsey, fought in Philadelphia in 1926.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0070.03
label: accession number
content: 2011.0070
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0070.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medallion
label: Object Name
content: medal
label: Object Name
content: medal, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: case (exterior) material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (part: case (interior) material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (part: medallion material)
label: Measurements
content: part: case: 4 in x 5 in x 3/4 in; 10.16 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: part:: 2 3/4 in x 3 in x 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 7.62 cm x .635 cm