Object Details
- depicted
- McClellan, George B.
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Description (Brief)
- This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and campaign medals. There is a hole at the top so the medal could be worn on an article of clothing.
- Obverse: Bust of George McClellan facing left. The legend reads: MAJOR GENERAL G.B. McCLELLAN WAR OF 1861.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- ca 1864
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1158
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1158
- Object Name
- medal, political
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 cm; 1 3/16 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Military
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_1382151
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0b99-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
