Great Central Fair of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
date: label: date made
content: 1864
notes: label: Description
content: This coppered bronze medal was designed by Anthony C. Paquet (1814-1882), and struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The obverse has “WE GIVE OUR WEALTH FOR THOSE WHO GIVE THEIR HEALTH FOR USE” surrounding a standing classical figure (Hygeia) offering a cup to two soldiers, and holding a cornucopia full of small packages or boxes. The reverse has “IN COMMEMORATION / OF THE / GREAT CENTRAL FAIR / FOR THE / U.S. SANITARY COMMISSION / HELD AT / PHILADELPHIA / JUNE 1864.” The Sanitary Commission was a private agency created in 1861 to provide relief to sick and wounded Union soldiers during the Civil War.
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles J. Stille, <i>Memorial of The Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission Held at Philadelphia, June 1864</i> (Philadelphia, 1864).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Sanitary Commission
label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0201.1
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0201.1
label: accession number
content: 2013.0201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medallion, commemorative
label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .6 cm x 5.7 cm; 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; .635 cm x 5.715 cm