Medal

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medal

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

Subject: Psychology

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.0165.676Accession Number: 2012.0165Catalog Number: 2012.0165.676

Object Name: MedalOther Terms: Medal; Medicine

Measurements: medal: 3/16 in x 2 1/2 in; .47625 cm x 6.35 cmcase: 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 9.525 cm x 9.8425 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7a03-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_727823

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