Winfield Scott Campaign Medal
Winfield Scott Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This campaign 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 facing left. Legend reads: MAJOR GENL. WINFD. SCOTT.
- Reverse: Fasces topped with a “Liberty Cap,” surrounded by six flags, with a plaque that reads: CHIPPEWA/LUNDY’s LANE/VERA CRUZ/& MEXICO. The legend reads: A GALLANT & SKILLFUL HERO. THE PEOPLES CHOICE.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- depicted
- Scott, Winfield
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 4.1 cm; 1 5/8 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1305
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1305
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Military
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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