Artist/Maker
United States Mint
Engraver
Charles Cushing Wright
(American, 1796 – 1854)
Depicted
Winfield Scott
(American, 1786 – 1866)
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1850
Place madeUnited States, North America
Bronze
Overall: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
1215
DescriptionBronze struck medal with obverse showing draped bust of Winfield Scott facing right above a tablet flanked by eagles and military standards and bearing inscription: "THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA/PRESENTS THIS MEDAL TO/MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, AS A MEMORIAL OF HER ADMIRATION/FOR THE GREAT AND DISTINGUISHED/SERVICES OF HER SON/WHILST COMMANDER IN CHIEF/OF THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN THE/WAR WITH MEXICO,/1847."; legend above bust: "WINFIELD SCOTT." Reverse with eagle surmounting column labelled: "1848/CHAPULTEPEC/DEL RAY/CHURUBUSCO/CONTRERAS/CERRO GORDO/VERA CRUZ/1812"; legend on scroll above: "FECIT QUOD COGITAVIT"; military scenes right and left, the whole surrounded by wreath of oak; inscription at lower center: "FROM VIRGINIA."Markingsinscription: below exergue, at left: "C.C.WRIGHT F."
inscription: at lower left: "C.C.WRIGHT F."
ClassificationsMEDALS
