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Hudson Fulton Celebration Commissioner's Badge (88212)

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Hudson Fulton Celebration Commissioner's Badge  (88212)
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HK 379. R-6. Minted by Medallic Art Co. in silver, designed by artist Chester Beach, this Commissioners' Badge is in it's original case. The medallion is 38mm in diameter, suspended from an orange, white and blue ribbon (the colors under which Hendrik Hudson sailed), which when worn was suspended from a silver bar bearing the word "Commissioner," and all of which was backed by a broad blue ribbon about six inches long. The obverse portraits of Hudson and Fulton, surrounded by the legend: "Henry Hudson 1609. Robert Fulton. 1807, and the date of the celebration, 1909. The reverse features a standing, draped, female figure, wearing a winged cap, and holding a model of the Half Moon ship in her right hand and in her left hand a model of the Clermont steamboat. The medal weighs 54.2 grams.

Date: 1909
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State: New York