Object Details
- Description
- The obverse of this bronze medal has a profile head of a child, and “PVER MELLIOR CIVIS OPTIMUS.” The reverse has “Awarded by / CHILDREN / THE MAGAZINE / FOR PARENTS / TO / ARNOLD GESELL / FOR ‘INFANCY AND HUMAN GROWTH’ / ADJUSTED THE BEST SCIENTIFIC / CONTRIBUTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT / PUBLISHED DURING 1928.”
- Ref: “Several Awards for Books Dealing with Problems of Children,” Chicago Daily Tribune (March 30, 1929), p. 15.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Measurements
- medal: 3/16 in x 2 1/2 in; .47625 cm x 6.35 cm
- case: 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 9.525 cm x 9.8425 cm
- Object Name
- Medal
- Other Terms
- Medal; Medicine
