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ca. 1800
GUSN-40400
Framed in marble and bearing the Great seal of the Republic.
medals
commemoratives
gilding
ivory (tooth component)
marble (rock)
painting (coating)
Commemorative
Medal, Commemorative
Medal, Commemorative
Paper affixed to back: ""Original Badge and frame of Society of Cincinnati. Owned by Capt. John Fowle of Watertown, Mass. One of the Original members of the Society and a member of its standing committee in Massachusetts. One of the officers of Light Infantry under Lafayette at Yorktown. Capt. Fowle served throughout war of Revolution.""
Unknown
China
4.375 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Gertrude M. Graves
1940.46
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