Commemorative Native American Code Talkers Medal
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Apr 2018
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harold Jacobs
notes: label: Notes
content: Commerative Native American Code Talkers Medal, minted by the US mint and given to the families of code talkers. On the obverse is a kneeling soldier with the words "Tlingit Warriors Code Talkers" and on the reverse an image of a killer whale with the words "Killer Whale Clan" "World War II" and "Act of Congress 2008".
label: Notes
content: This medal was the only commemorative coin minted to honor the Tlingit code talkers. It displays a hat that was repatriated to the Dakl'aweidi clan by the NMNH (the hat was formerly NMNH catalog number E230063). The hat and related replicas and images of it have become a symbol of the relationship of the clan with the Smithsonian, as well as a symbol of the clan itself. Although the clan has other killer whale hats of other forms, this form was chosen to represent them on this important medal. Historically, the medal honors the Tlingit code talkers, including Mark Jacobs Jr., and their service to the United States in WWII.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Juneau, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2078919
label: USNM Number
content: E435526-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Medallion
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Medal
content: 4 cm
label: Thickness - Medal
content: 0.3 cm