Major General Franz Sigel Medal

medal, presidential
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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 buttons, daguerreotype mats, and medals. Sigel was a German officer who immigrated to the United States and served as a Colonel and Major General of the 3rd Missouri Infantry during the Civil War.

Description (Brief)

Obverse: Bust of Franz Sigel facing forward. The legend reads: MAJ. GEN. FRANZ SIGEL/ MISSOURI. VIRGINIA.

Date Made: ca 1860

Depicted: Sigel, FranzMaker: Scovill Manufacturing Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury

Related Event: Civil War

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing, Military, Industry & Manufacturing, Scovill Manufacturing Collection

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Credit Line: Scovill, Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0296.1151Accession Number: 1981.0296Catalog Number: 1981.0296.1151

Object Name: medal, political

Physical Description: brass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1.9 cm; 3/4 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0abf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1382144

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