Object Details
- referenced
- Davis, Jefferson
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Description (Brief)
- This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1861. 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 medals. This medal was struck in reaction to the secession of the Confederacy and the election of its President, Jefferson Davis.
- Obverse: Image of a man being hanged on a gallows. The legend reads: JEFFERSON DAVIS 1861.
- Reverse: Legend reads: DEATH TO TRAITORS.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- ca 1861
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1128
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1128
- Object Name
- medal, political
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm; in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_1382121
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0aa8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
