Medal Celebrating 300th Anniversary of New Haven
MakerMade by
Robbins Company
(American)
Dateabout 1938
Mediumbronze; cardboard; paper; velvet
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter of medal): 3in. (7.6cm)
Primary Dimensions (height x width x depth of box): 5/8 × 4 × 4in. (1.6 × 10.2 × 10.2cm)
ClassificationsCeremonies
Credit LineGift of John Angle
Object number1996.4.0a-c
DescriptionBronze medal celebrating to 300th Anniversary of New Haven. The recto shows John Davenport preaching the first serman at Quinnipiack in 1638. On the reverse there are three churches on the green in the foreground with the modern spires of Yale University in the background. The top of the box is covered with silver and white stripes, the bottom is red. Interior is red velvet.
(a) box top
(b) box bottom
(c) medal
(a) box top
(b) box bottom
(c) medal
Status
Not on view
John Henry Kelso Davis
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
about 1946
