Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in the 1860s. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including campaign medals. This medal has a hole in the top so that it could be worn. The medal bears the name “Bolen” referring to J.A. Bolden, a die caster from Springfield, Massachusetts.
- Obverse: Bust image of George Washington facing right. Legend reads: Washington.
- Reverse: Bust of Thomas Jefferson facing right. Legend reads: Jefferson.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Washington, George
- Jefferson, Thomas
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- date made
- ca 1860
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 cm; 13/16 in
- Object Name
- medal, political
