Detroit Soldiers Memorial Medal

Paul Manship, Detroit Soldiers Memorial Medal, 1919, bronze or copper, 2 ³⁄₄ in. (7.0 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1965.16.54.1

Artwork Details

Title: Detroit Soldiers Memorial Medal
Artist: Paul Manship
Date: 1919
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 2 ³⁄₄ in. (7.0 cm) diam.
Credit Line: Gift of the artist
Mediums: bronze
Mediums Description: bronze or copper
Classifications: Sculpture
Medal-Sample
Subjects: Object — other — wreath
Figure female — full length
Monument — gravestone
Emblem — cross
Recreation — church — prayer
Religion — angel
Object Number: 1965.16.54.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1965.16.54.1

Artwork Description

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 bestowing a wreath on a cross, suggesting victory over death through faith in Christ. The Latin inscription reads “Lived, Conquered, Shall Live.”