George B. McClellan Medal
George B. McClellan Medal
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- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. 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 campaign badges.
- Obverse: Bust of George B. McClellan facing forward. Legend reads, MAJ. GEN. GEO. B. McCLELLAN, U.S.A.
- Reverse: Eagle with a ribbon that reads “E Pluribus Unum” perched on the shield of the United States with the American flag is draped across a spear. The legend reads: MY COUNTRY I AM SWORN TO DEFEND.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- date made
- ca 1864
- depicted
- McClellan, George B.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
- Physical Description
- white metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3.5 cm; 1 3/8 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1072
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1072
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- Presidential Campaign of 1864
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Military
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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