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White Metal Medal:- Dr. Elisha Kent Kane.: New York 1859

Classification:- Person; Commemorative

Country of Origin:- USA -

Description

This medal was struck in honor of Kane Lodge, New York. Borders reeded.

OBVERSE.—Bust of Dr, Kane to right over a tablet representing an Arctic scene,—a ship careened among icebergs. 0n each sde of the tablet ar two American flags; below the tablet, very small, “ G. H. Lovett. N.Y.” Legend, “Dr. Elisha Kent Kane the great Arctic Navigator. U.S,N.”

REVERSE—A mosaic pavement, approached by three steps. On the right is a Doric pillar, surmounted by a celestial globe : suspended upon its shaft is a level; on the left an Ionic pillar, bearing the terrestrial globe and a plumb,and in the centre a Corinthian pillar, a square hanging on its shaft, the letter “G” surmounted by a cluster of seven stars over its capital, above which the All-seeing Eye darts its rays through clouds. 0n the left of the stars is the sun, and on the right the moon below the sun and between the pillars are three burning tapers and a five- pointed star; below the moon, a ladder of three rounds and the forty seventh problem of Euclid. On the steps in front, the Bible, square and compasses, and in the foreground a coffin bearing the skull and bones. Two crossed palm branches surround these devices, outside of which is an ornamental hand bearing the legend, “Non Nobis solum, sed toto munde nati” (To one born not for us alone, but for the whole world). &c.

Properties

51 mm. White metal.