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Good Scholarship Gorget

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in American School Medals (currently in collection)

New England, c.1800. Silver, hand engraved and punch-marked. In the shape of a gorget, 37.4mm × 26.1mm, 1.5 grams, with hole for suspension. Obverse: Good Scholarship, in two lines surrounded by three punch-marked pointing hands. Reverse: The initals A.B. Elaborately engraved.

Provenance:

Al Malpa
Rocky Gardiner

The gorget shape of this medal sybolizes esteem and honor, based on the item of military paraphernalia that officers wore around their necks. In medieval times the gorget was a piece of protective armor, but it evolved to refer to rank. Gorget-shaped award medals are extremely rare, with perhaps a handful known and all apparently from the New England area.

Item record created Oct. 12, 2008.
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item record in VRA Core 4.0