Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: H. K. Mulford Company
notes: label: Description
content: Replica of the gold medal awarded to the 18 dog team drivers who carried diphtheria antitoxin from Nenana to Nome, Alaska, January 27 - February 2, 1925, for use in the epidemic. The obverse has image of sled dogs and “SERVICE - VALOR - NENANA – NOME.” The reverse has “MULFORD LABORATORIES / FOR THE CONSERVATION OF LIFE” AND “AWARDED TO / [...] / FOR HEROIC SERVICE / H. K. MULFORD CO. / PHILADELPHIA / FEBRUARY 1925.” The medal is attached to blue and yellow grosgrain ribbon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Diphtheria
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of H. K. Mulford Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02103
label: accession number
content: 88822
label: catalog number
content: M-02103
objectType: label: Object Name
content: antitoxin, diphtheria
label: Object Name
content: commemorative medal, replica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 5.3975 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: medal: 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; x .3175 cm x 3.81 cm