Union Medal
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1861. 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 buttons, daguerreotype mats, and medals.
- Obverse: Image of a soldier wearing a shirt with stars and stripes. The legend around the rim reads: I AM READY 1861.
- Reverse: 35 stars encircle the rim. The legend reads: THE UNION MUST & SHALL BE PRESERVED.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1861
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1139
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1139
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Object Name
- medal, political
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.1 cm; 13/16 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Military
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_1382132
