Joseph Maxwell Miller
“Cardinal Gibbons” Medal
1910
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Joseph Maxwell Miller
“Cardinal Gibbons” Medal
1910
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 3/16 x 2 3/4 in. (0.5 x 7 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Leonce Rabillon
Object Number
1929.3.3
Portrait bust (profile) in red velvet presentation case. Neo-classical church and inscription on reverse commemorating Gibbon's career.
1911 medal struck to commemorate James Cardinal Gibbons. Struck in Bronze by the Medallic Art Company, it is 70 mm (2 3/4") in diameter - with a Portrait of Cardinal Gibbons and the Basilica in Baltimore, Maryland.
Inscribed: Obverse: "James Cardianl Gibbons / [signed] J.M. Miller / Fecit." Reverse: "SACERSOS.30.JUN.1861.+ EPISCOPUS.16.AUG.1868 ARCHIEPISCOPUS. 3.OCT.1877 CARDINALS.30.JUN.1886. / 1861 - 1911 / EMITTE / SPIRITUM / TUUM [send forth thy spirit]"
Markings: Along edge: "Medallic Art Co., NY"
