Commemorative shield-shaped medal with decorative scrolled edges, with stamped image of a single pylon monument set in a grassy, fenced area surrounded by brick houses. Inscription in block letters flanks the pylon, "BUNKER HILL MONUMENT/ BOSTON MASS." Closure is a hinged pin set vertically on back.
medals
commemoratives
white metal
stamping (forming)
plating (metal coating)
souvenirs
Unidentified Metal
Embossed
Souvenir
Medal, Commemorative
"Bunker Hill Monument/Boston, Mass." (stamped to left and right of cetnral pylon)
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Bunker Hill
Unknown
1.25 x 1.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4869
Massachusetts (United States)
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