George Washington Commemorative Medal
date: label: date made
content: early 19th century
name: label: depicted
content: Washington, George
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This commemorative medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in the early 19th century. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including commemorative medals.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Bust of George Washington facing left. Legend: GEORGE WASHINGTON, FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Rim encircled by floral wreath. Legend: BORN, FEB. 11. 1732. GENERAL AMERICAN ARMIES, 1775, RESIGNED, 1783, PRESIDENT 1789 TO 1796. GENERAL U.S. ARMY, 1798. DIED, 1799.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Military
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Scovill Manufacturing Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scovill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0296.1231
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1231
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.4 cm; 1 5/16 in