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Medal

ca. 1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tiffany & Co (maker)
Place of origin
New York (made)

This bronze medal made by the New York firm Tiffany & Co in about 1919 celebrates the preparations for the War effort in the United States. Although the dates on the medal encompass all the War years, America remained neutral until 1917, and US troops did not actually join the fighting alongside the Allied Forces until April 1918.


Object details

Category
Coins & Medals
Object type
Medal
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Bronze medal, the preparations for the war efforts in the US. US, ca. 1919.
Physical description
Obv., woman dressed in overall kneeling and working in a field of cabbages. In the background infatrymen marching to right and an officer on horseback. Legend in the field. Rev., Basket of vegetables and legend. In the exergue a panel left blank for inscription and a rifle crossed with a hoe.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 77.5mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • "UNITED STATES/OF AMERICA" (obv.)
  • "NATIONAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION" (rev.)
  • "THE SEEDS OF VICTORY/INSURE THE FRUITS OF PEACE/1914-1919" (rev., exergue)
Subjects depicted
Woman
Cabbage
Infantrymen
Horse
Basket
Vegetables
Rifles
Summary
This bronze medal made by the New York firm Tiffany & Co in about 1919 celebrates the preparations for the War effort in the United States. Although the dates on the medal encompass all the War years, America remained neutral until 1917, and US troops did not actually join the fighting alongside the Allied Forces until April 1918.
Bibliographic reference
Cullen, Lucy, Fisher, Wendy and Jopek, Norbert, 'One by One': European Commemorative Medals for the Great War 1914-1918, London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1998 44
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.4-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O311698/medal-tiffany--co/
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