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Small medal with a red and white ribbon that attaches to a pin on the back. The medal has a blackened look but is mainly bronze colored. On the medal is a stamped picture of a house with two trees, one in front and one behind the house. On the back is a small "D" shaped manufacturerer label.
medals
Medal, Commemorative
"THE WHITEHEAD AND HOAC CO. / NEWARK N.J." (Engraved in the shape of a D)
"175TH ANNIVERSARY / 1763 1938 / GOVERNOR DUMMER / ACADEMY / SOUTH BYFIELD / MASSACHUSETTS" (Surrounds the picture of the house)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
The Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)
Newark, New Jersey
1 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2725
New Jersey (United States)
Newark (Essex county, New Jersey)
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