Union Medal
date: label: date made
content: ca 1861
name: label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1861. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 buttons, daguerreotype mats, and medals.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Image of a soldier wearing a shirt with stars and stripes. The legend around the rim reads: I AM READY 1861.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: 35 stars encircle the rim. The legend reads: THE UNION MUST & SHALL BE PRESERVED.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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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: 1981.0296.1139
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1139
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.1 cm; 13/16 in