Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
Date:
1740-1770
Object Number:
1890.3
Medium:
Wool, linen
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Historical Artifacts
Sesquicentennial of American Independence Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
566
Date:
1926
Medium:
Bronze; paper, cloth
Dimensions:
Diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Case (bottom): 11/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in. (1.7 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm)
Marks:
inscription: case bottom, hand-written in black ink: "Presented/by G.S. Godard/Oct 21, 1926/Museum/Accession/#566"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse depicting building with legend above: "CONNECTICUT STATE BUILDING" and inscription in exergue: "SESQUI-CENTENNIAL/PHILADELPHIA/1776 [image of the Liberty Bell] 1926". Reverse depicts statue of Nathan Hale with laurel branch beneath and a coat of arms at right; inscription to right: "'I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE/BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR/MY COUNTRY'/NATHAN HALE/PATRIOT-MARTYR/CONNECTICUT/1755/1776". Cream-colored square cardboard case bottom.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
