Oliver Hazard Perry medal, United States, ca 1870
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
label: associated date
content: 1813 09 10
name: label: associated person
content: Perry, Oliver Hazard
label: manufacturer
content: United States Mint
label: maker
content: Furst, Moritz
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Oliver Hazard Perry medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, ca 1870
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry facing right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: OLIVERUS HAZARD PERRY. PRO PATRIA VICIT. / PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Wreath tied at bottom.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY; AND THEY ARE OURS. / PERRY / TO / IN TESTIMONY OF HIS PATRIOTISM AND BRAVERY IN THE NAVAL ACTION ON LAKE ERIE / SEPTEMBER 10, 1813
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania
label: associated place
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.67.98318
label: accession number
content: 275799
label: catalog number
content: 67.98318
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative; Personal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: medal: .5 cm x 5.95 cm; 3/16 in x 2 11/32 in