Dewey medal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1898
The Dewey medal is an American bronze commemorative medal created around 1898 in New York City. The piece was designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French and produced in collaboration with Tiffany and Company. It consists of a circular medallion suspended by a chain link from an elongated horizontal rectangular pin bar.
The recto of the round medallion features a sculpted, partially draped figure seated atop a cannon, holding a horizontal rod, surrounded along the perimeter by the inscription: "IN MEMORY OF THE VICTORY OF MANILA BAY – MAY 1 1898". Below the figure is a blank rectangular tablet. The suspender bar is decorated in relief with a central eagle flanked by decorative motifs. The reverse is recorded as bearing the inscription: "THE GIFT / OF THE / PEOPLE OF THE / UNITED STATES / TO THE OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE / ASIATIC SQUADRON / UNDER THE COMMAND / OF COMMODORE / GEORGE DEWEY".
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Inscribed, recto: IN MEMORY OF THE VICTORY OF MANILA BAY – MAY 1 1898 Inscribed, verso: THE GIFT / OF THE / PEOPLE OF THE / UNITED STATES / TO THE OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE / ASIATIC SQUADRON / UNDER THE COMMAND / OF COMMODORE / GEORGE DEWEY
- Maker recorded
- Daniel Chester French (American, 1850–1931), Tiffany and Company (American, founded 1837), New York
- Place recorded
- New York City
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Dewey medal
- Museum object number
- 1899.474
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.