Object Number 1979.0030

Object Name

Medal (Naval medal)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Fennimore

Creator (Role)

Moritz Furst (Creator)
1782-after 1841

United States Mint (Maker)
1792
The Mint was established by the U.S. Congress in 1792 with The Coinage Act. David Rittenhouse was appointed the first director by President George Washington and the Mint was erected in Philadelphia.

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1813 (1860-1880)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Obverse, beneath bust; "FURST F." engraved in the die
2. Signature; Reverse, above the motto; "FURST F." engraved in the die
3. Inscription; Obverse, inside banded edge; "JAC.LAWRENCE DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORT *

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Copper

Techniques

Cast, Stamped

Dimensions (inches)

0.236 (D) , 2.598 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

0.6 (D) , 6.6 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.222, p.331
[Article] Fennimore, Donald L. 02//1995 Copper in Early America. Antiques. 6.
• Published: Pls. IVa, IVb, p. 292.