Medal Commemorating Men from Glencoe, Illinois, in the Great War

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Paul Fjelde

Title

Medal Commemorating Men from Glencoe, Illinois, in the Great War

Place

Chicago (Object made in:)

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1919

Medium

Bronze

Inscriptions

Inscribed front, top-left to top-right, in cast: "TO THE MEN FROM GLENCOE IN THE GREAT WAR / LIBERTY"; inscribed front, bottom-left, in cast: "AWARDED: / [...] TO:". Inscribed back, top-left through top-right, in cast: "THE VILLAGE OF GLENCOE • COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS"; signed and dated back, bottom-left through bottom-right, in cast: "P. FJELDE • SC • © MDCCCCXIX".

Dimensions

6.4 × 4.5 cm (2 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Village of Glencoe

Reference Number

1919.755

Extended information about this artwork

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