Detroit Soldiers Memorial Medal (obverse), Smithsonian American Art Museum

Detroit Soldiers Memorial Medal (obverse)

The Detroit Soldiers Memorial Medal honors veterans killed in World War I. The obverse of Paul Manship’s artist’s strike, or sample, shows a winged female figure holding a sheaf of wheat that symbolizes the harvest of souls and the separation of the righteous from the wicked. The Latin inscription reads “Lived, Conquered, Shall Live.

Paul Manship

Creation Date: 1919
Medium: bronze

Dimensions: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) diam.

Object #: 15770
Credit Line: Gift of the artist

Partner URL: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=15770
Linked Data URI: saam:object/id/1965.16.96
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