Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Brigadier General Eleazer W. Ripley Military Medal
Object Number:
1204
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 9/16 in. ( 6.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, below bust truncation: "FURST F."
inscription: reverse, below exergual inscription: "FURST. F."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Eleazer Ripley facing right with legend: "BRIG. GENERAL ELEAZER W. RIPLEY." Reverse shows standing female allegorical figure of Victory, holding standards inscribed "ERIE," "CHIPPEWA," and "NIAGARA", dictating to the muse of History seated at right; legend: "RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS NOVEMBER 3. 1814."; inscription below exergual line: "BATTLES OF CHIPPEWA./JULY 6. 1814./NIAGARA.JULY 25.1814./ERIE. SEP. 17.1814."
Gallery Label:
This medal is referred to as "muling" or "hybrid" because it was made with two dies that originally were not intended to be used together. This "hybridization" of dies was practiced by the U.S. Mint in the period from 1880 to 1890.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
