Freedom of Speech and Religion [obverse]
1943
Designer, American, born Germany (now France), 1900 - 1967
Manufacturer, American, est. 1910 - closed 2016
Carl Ludwig Schmitz (designer), Medallic Art Company (manufacturer)
Artwork overview
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Medium
silver
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift through subscription to the Society of Medalists)
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 3.49 cm (1 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.3696.a
Associated Artworks
Freedom from Want and from Fear [reverse]
Carl Ludwig Schmitz, Medallic Art Company
1943
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gift 1942 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, through subscription to the Society of Medalists (Twenty-Eighth Issue); acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
around top circumference: FREEDOM.OF; in upper left exergue: SPEECH; in lower exergue: RELIGION