The Memorial Commemorative Medal (from The Life of Lincoln Medallic Biography Collection)

The Memorial Commemorative Medal (from The Life of Lincoln Medallic Biography Collection)

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Creator Role

producer artist

Description

The medal's obverse features a design after Lloyd Ostendorf's original artwork that depicts the Lincoln Memorial Statue. On the reverse, a short excerpt from a 1 December 1862 message to Congress appears. A laurel wreath borders the lower half of the medal. The medal is mounted in a leather slipcase album, which is Volume II of a two-volume set. (Volume I is a short work entitled Abraham Lincoln: An Autobiographical Narrative, written and edited by Ralph Geoffrey Newman.)

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

1970

Measurement

1 1/2 inches (diameter)

Materials and Techniques Display

.999 fine silver

State

coins & medals

Inscription

obverse: THE LIFE OF LINCOLN / The Memorial reverse: The Memorial / "In times like the present, / men should utter nothing / for which they would not / willingly be responsible / through time and / eternity."

Subjects

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Medals; Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)

Work Type

commemorative medal

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Related Source

See item # 3802.24

ID

3801.24

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

The Memorial Commemorative Medal (from The Life of Lincoln Medallic Biography Collection)

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