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GUSN-29863
Engraved and stamped medal for the 150th Anniversary of the City of Pittsfield, Mass. The City Shield is stamped in the center on one side with inscriptions all around; a heart with two crossed olive tree branches are stamped on the bottom of the other side. A hook is affixed to the top of the medal.
medals
metal
Commemorative
Medal, Commemorative
Medal, Commemorative
Heads: 150th Anniversary July 1911 stamped on a large circle; Pittsfield * Town 1761 Massachusetts/City 1891 on a smaller circle; Bemicno Numire under the City of Pittsfield shield. Tails: Pittsfield, Mass. stamped at the top; In the Heart of the Berkshire Hills inscribed on the heart; [illegible] on the bottom. (stamped)
Unknown
1 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Harlan Ballard
1923.289
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