Object details
Accession number
M11n10.a
Primary Creator
American
Full title
Medal: National Society Colonial Daughters of America
Creation Date
about 1917
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Inscribed (obverse, outer edge): Awarded by the National Society Colonial Daughters
Inscribed in relief (reverse): The war for liberty medal for the promotion of patriotic education
Dimensions
4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Display Media
Gilded metal with grosgrain ribbon
Dimension Notes
Medal with ribbon: 7 x 4 cm (2 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Macknight Room
Bibliography
Jennings Hood and Charles J. Young. American Orders & Societies and Their Decorations (Philadelphia, 1917), pp. 33-34.
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 20-21, fig. 11.
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