FDA-A.2617-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2617-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
Woodrow Wilson
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Medal of Woodrow Wilson (profile) with stars around the edge and eagle at the bottom on the obverse; with a scene of a female figure being greeted by two female figures on a battlefield on the reverse
Comments
This medal is to commemorate when America joins allies in WWI
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 68mm
depth (actual size): 5mm
depth (actual size): 5mm
Inscription
Lettered on obverse: 'WILSON'
Lettered on reverse: 'Le Droit est plus précieuxque / la Paix... Nous nous ballons / pour la Liberte'
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia hallmark: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, middle left: 'René Grégoire / Paris 1917'
Signed on reverse, lower left: 'GR'
Lettered on reverse: 'Le Droit est plus précieuxque / la Paix... Nous nous ballons / pour la Liberte'
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia hallmark: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, middle left: 'René Grégoire / Paris 1917'
Signed on reverse, lower left: 'GR'
Materials & techniques note
Bronze
Production
Person
Grégoire, René, 1871 - 1945 (Medallist)
Date
1917
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.1065-2020 (associated object)
