Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1945.187b
Date:
After 1887
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of image: "A.LINDBERG"
Inscription: reverse, at lower left of image: "ADOLF LINDBERG"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust-length portrait of Jenny Lind facing left with surrounding legend: "JENNY LIND . GOLDSCHMIDT FODD 6 OCT.1820 DOD 2 NOV.1887." Reverse depicts seated winged allegorical figure representing Art, drawing on tablet, with lyre and laurel branch at left and incense burner at right; legend above: "ANDA . OCH . KONST"; inscription in exergue: "AF KONGL.MUSIKALISKA/AKADEMIEN."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
