State Department "Shipwreck" medal, United States, 1859
date: label: Date made
content: 1859
name: label: reverse designer
content: Leutze, Emmanuel Gottlieb
label: manufacturer
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) State Department Shipwreck medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1859
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Eagle with shield on its chest holding arrows and olive branches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Rescue scene along a shore, with two figures and sinking ship; scroll for engraving of name.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: N/A
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0009.0528
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.0528
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
label: catalog number
content: 91.9.528
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35.7 mm; x 1 3/8 in