George McClellan Trial Medal
George McClellan Trial Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This trial medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1862. 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. This trial medal is made of plaster.
- Obverse: Bust of George McClellan facing left. The legend reads: MAJ GEN G.B. McCLELLAN/ PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN.
- Reverse: 13 is penciled on the back.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 1.9 cm; 3/4 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1701
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1701
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
