Engraver
Henry Mitchell
Minter
United States Mint
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Award medal
1876
Place madeUnited States, North America
Bronze
Overall (diam.): 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Gift of Miss Katherine Rebecca Rogers
1936.728
DescriptionBronze struck medal with obverse showing seated allegorical female figure representing America crowning with laurel wreath assorted implements of science, progress, and learning; the whole is surrounded by thirty-eight stars and four oval medallions depicting allegorical representations of America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Reverse bears inscription at center within laurel wreath: "AWARDED BY / UNITED STATES / CENTENNIAL / COMMISSION"; surrounding legend: "INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / PHILADELPHIA, MDCCCLXXVI."SignedSigned on obverse, at left on exergual line: "H.MITCHELL. SC."
ClassificationsMEDALS
