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Obverse: handmaidens of industry and arts crowned by a third maiden; reverse: classically draped figure with sword; placed in the top half of a WYON's case.
medals
commemoratives
metal
plating (metal coating)
allegory (artistic device)
art (fine art)
centennials
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Classical
industrialization
Unidentified Metal
Plated
Centennial
Independence
Industrialization
Allegory
Art
Classical Figure
MEDAL, COMMEMORATIVE
Obverse: ""IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE/ACT OF CONGRESS JUNE 1874/1876""; reverse: ""THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES/1776""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
2.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.839
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