Winfield Scott Medal
Winfield Scott Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1852.The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and 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 campaign medals.
- Obverse: Bust of Winfield Scott in military regalia facing left. The legend reads: MAJ. GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT, U.S.A.
- Reverse: Image of Winfield Scott wounded, laying on the ground, surrounded by soldiers. The legend reads: SCOTT WOUNDED. LUNDY'S LANE.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- depicted
- Scott, Winfield
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.8 cm; 1 1/8 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1306
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1306
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History