GUSN-29597
The "Gift of Franklin" silver medal showing two featerh quills and an open book. A silver hook was attached to be used as some type of fastener with another silver hook is hanging from a ring at the bottom of the medal. There is a chevron motif stamped around the edges.
medals
silver (metal)
Prize
Medal, Prize
Medal, Prize
Heads: The Gift of Franklin; Tails: Adjudged by the School Committee as a reward of merit to Jonathan G. Stevenson, 1808. (Engraved)
Unknown
2 1/2 x 1 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Lawrence Curtis
1922.720
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