Frank Brownell's Medal of Honor
name: label: recipient
content: Brownell, Frank E.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Brass-colored metal on ribbon awarded to Sergeant Frank E. Brownell, inscribed “The Congress/to/Sergeant/Frank/E./Brownell/Co. "A" 11th New York/Volunteers".
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: When Brownell was awarded the Medal of Honor, it was not inscribed. Brownell returned the medal and asked that it be engraved with the details of his information. The government complied and the medal was returned with the engraving.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
topic: label: Subject
content: Medal of Honor
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. General Services Administration. National Archives and Records Service
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0425.038
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0425.038
label: accession number
content: 1979.0425
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (ribbon material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2 in x 4 in; x 5.08 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: box-outer dimension: 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 6.35 cm x 11.43 cm