Gift of Avis and Rockwell Gardiner, 1980.50.1a © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.

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Newton Perkins Medal 1857

Date1918

Mediumbronze; velvet; leather; silk

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions ((a) diameter): 2 1/8in. (5.4cm) Primary Dimensions ((b) height x width x depth): 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4in. (2.2 × 7 × 7cm)

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Credit LineGift of Avis and Rockwell Gardiner

Object number1980.50.1a-b

DescriptionA medal (a) in a leather case (b). The bronze Newton Perkins Medal was awarded to Jennie Lowenberger in 1918 for Latin by the Norwich Free Academy. On the front of the medal is a relief bust of Minerva. The reverse side has laurel wreaths around the border with text in the center.

NotesSubject Note: The Norwich Free Academy was founded in 1854, and is located in Norwich, Connecticut. The school is a privately governed and independently endowed academy.

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