Columbia Exposition medal

Object | Accession Number: 2002.540.3

Date: 1893
Classification: Decorative Arts
Category: Souvenirs
Object Type: Commemorative medals (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Stamberg

Physical Description: Round medal composed of silver-colored metal with hole pierced in top edge. One side has portraits of Columbus and Isabella with, "World's Columbia Expositon, Chicago/ 1893". Reverse has images of ship, building and world globes with, "1492."
Dimensions: overall : 1.250 in. (3.175 cm.)
Materials: overall : metal
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Susan L. Stamberg.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:05:01
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517769

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