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Soldiers' Fair, Springfield, Massachusetts
Designed and engraved by: John Adams Bolen (American, 1826–1906)
1864
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
White Metal
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 28 mm, 8.57 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.3 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Boston Numismatic Society
Accession Number98.1620
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Baker 365
DescriptionObv: Inscribed WASHINGTON above a bust facing left, signed J. A. BOLEN below the shoulder and surrounded by a beaded rim.
Rev: Inscribed SOLDIER'S (curved) / FAIR (curved) / DEC' / 1864. (curved) / SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (curved) within a wreath and surrounded by a beaded rim.
Edge: Plain.
Rev: Inscribed SOLDIER'S (curved) / FAIR (curved) / DEC' / 1864. (curved) / SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (curved) within a wreath and surrounded by a beaded rim.
Edge: Plain.