Collection Highlights
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Date:
1805
Object Number:
1867.306
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Major General Edmund P. Gaines Military Medal
Object Number:
INV.2681
Date:
1824-1884
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.3 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, below bust truncation: "FURST. F."
inscription: reverse, below inscription in exergue: "FURST. F."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Edmund P. Gaines facing right with legend: "MAJOR GENERAL EDMUND P. GAINES." Reverse shows allegorical figure of Victory crowning the trophies of war labeled "ERIE" on upright cannon; legend: "RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS NOVEMBER 3.1814." and inscription below exergual line: "BATTLE OF ERIE/AUG.15.1814."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
