William Henry Harrison Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1840. 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 William Henry Harrison facing left. The legend reads: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
- Reverse: Image of the Bunker Hill Memorial, surrounded by flags with an eagle at the top. Legend reads: HARRISON JUBILEE BUNKER HILL/SEPt 10 1849.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- depicted
- Harrison, William Henry
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 4.2 cm; 1 5/8 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1576
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1576
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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