Medal - United States Bicentennial Logan County, West Virginia

€394,929.00
LocationUnited States
Year
TypeSouvenir medals/Commemorative souvenir
CompositionBrass
Weight12.6 g
Diameter34.15 mm
Thickness2 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain
Period
Notice
Reference(s) TC#474100
Obverse descriptionThree American Revolutionary War soldiers from Archibald MacNeal Willard‘s “The Spirit of ‘76”. The first is wearing a boater, playing a snare drum, and looking at the second soldier. The second is playing a snare drum and staring forward with a serious facial expression. The third is wearing a hat, playing a clarinet, and holding a Betsy Ross flag that is missing a star.
Obverse letteringUNITED STATES 1776 - 1976 BICENTENNIAL
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionOutline of Logan County with a stylized river flowing between two mountains, a bust of a coal miner wearing a hard hat with a headlamp, the monument of Devil Anse Hatfield, and a bust of an Indian wearing a headdress
Reverse letteringLOGAN COUNTY FORMED JANUARY 12, 1824 WEST VIRGINIA
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
MintageND  - -
Catalog ID2393190560
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