Collection Highlights
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Date:
ca. 1906
Object Number:
PR.042.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
Object Number:
INV.2699
Date:
1820-1881
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 9/16 in. ( 6.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at lower left: "FURST.F."
inscription: reverse, on exergual line: "FURST F."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Stephen Decatur, Jr. facing right, with legend: "STEPHANUS DECATUR NAVARCHUS. PUGNIS PLURIBUS, VICTOR." Reverse shows naval battle with legend above: "OCCIDIT SIGNUM HOSTILE SIDERA SURGUNT"; inscription in exergue: "INTER STA.UNI. NAV. AMERI./ET MACEDO.NAV.ANG.DIE/XXV OCTOBRIS/MDCCCXII."
Gallery Label:
The reverse of this medal bears a diebreak at the bottom, which indicates that it was struck prior to 1881 (a medal in the collection of John Ford, Jr., struck before 1881, has the same sign of breakage at the bottom of the reverse).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
