Artist/Maker
Harry Auletti
September 11 World Trade Center Terrorist Attack Medal
2002
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Brass
Overall: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Gift of Mark A. Schaming
2003.50
This medal was one of approx. two hundred made by Harry Auletti, blacksmith at the Fresh Kills Landfill. Auletti's co-workers called the blacksmith shop the "Alamo" for reasons unknown. The medals were made for visiting familes of those who died on 9/11; he also gave them to recovery workers at Fresh Kills. This medallion was given to Mark Schaming, Director of Exhibitions at the New York State Museum, in thanks for his efforts to document work done at the landfill after 9/11.
DescriptionBrass struck uniface medal with obverse bearing legend: "WTC/II/SEP" within recessed roundel at center.ClassificationsMEDALS
2008.42.361b
