Medal Commemorating Quadricentennial of the Reformation

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

J. M. Swanson

Title

Medal Commemorating Quadricentennial of the Reformation

Place

United States (Object made in)

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1917

Medium

Gold

Inscriptions

Inscribed obverse: 1843 - Martin Luther - 1546, Ein feste burg ist unser Gott Inscribed about edge: Quadricentennial of the Reformation" and at bottom "John 3:14:15. Signed: J.M. Swanson

Dimensions

Diam.: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Joint Lutheran Committee for the Celebration of the Quadricentennial of the Reformation

Reference Number

1918.6

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