Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
Date:
1740-1770
Object Number:
1890.3
Medium:
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
1974 Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1975.8
Date:
1974
Medium:
Gilt bronze; plastic, paper
Dimensions:
case: 1 5/8 in. ( 4.2 cm )
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at right: "R.A.W."
Description:
Gilt bronze medal with obverse showing clothed bust of John Adams facing left with legend: "AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL/JOHN ADAMS"; date to left of image: "1974." Reverse depicts standing male figure with manuscript and feather; surrounding legend: "FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS/.FOR THE RECOVERY OF OUR JUST RIGHTS."
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
