Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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Charles A. Lindbergh Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
INV.3785
Date:
1927
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 11/16 in. ( 6.8 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "G. PRUD'HOMME"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "BRONZE"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed three-quarter bust of Lindbergh facing right with legend: "CHARLES A LINDBERGH NEW YORK PARIS"; inscription at lower right of bust: "AETATIS/SVAE/XXV." Reverse depicts geographical map at center labelled, at left: "U.S.A./New York"; at center: "ATLANTIQUE"; at right: "PARIS/AFRIQUE"; legend around line border: "ALARVM REMIGIO IVNCTA PRIMVM OCEANI LITTORA/MCMXXVII."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
