Confederate Stonewall Jackson Medal

Here is a really neat piece that I picked up this week. This was a confederate propaganda medal minted in 1864 but not sold until 1894 by the Daughters of confederate veterans. I have an original ad for the sale of these pieces also.

 

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The ad is as neat as the medal.

 

That is really cool.

 

Sorry that I couldn't see you at the ANA, perhaps next year?

 

May I ask why this is a "Propaganda medal"? I see nothing biased or misleading about it.

It is fantastic, by the way...

 

To encourage the South to hold on?

[original date was 1864, per Matt]

 

Thank you, but please allow me to rephrase: is "propaganda medal" just a name used to describe items of this general nature?

 

I wonder if they were ordered in 1864 and not delivered until after the war? They appear to have been minted in France. Has lots and lots of kewl factor.

 

Very cool. That toning...

 

That's a collection keeper for sure. You'd be crazy to sell it.

 

that's a very interesting medal and advertisement. I am curious, what is the evidence that it was struck in 1864? I would think that it's more likely that it is a post-war piece created during the "Lost Cause" nostalgia craze.
Just speculating. (Factoid: one of my patients is the oldest living daughter of a Confederate veteran. )

 

I would love to have one! Nice!

 

As per the advertisement:
'They were brought to the south ... and lay in an old Savannah warehouse for nearly 30 years'

 

The only thing missing is that the old Savannah warehouse was owned by Granddaddy.

 

Very cool!!

 

An interesting read, and a very cool medal. Thanks for posting.

C'dude

 

I love this piece. What could cause the toning to appear as shadows cast toward the edge?

 

Why are so many of the battles referred to by their Union names? Bull Run rather than Manassas, Chantilly instead of Ox Hill, Antietam over Sharpsburg? No self-respecting Confederate officer would have used those names. Then of course, there is the Battle of The Wilderness which took place after Jackson's death.

Combine this with the fact that the bust looks more like Lincoln than it resembles Jackson and one is almost forced to ask who commissioned this medal?

 

I own the Unique Obverse Hub that was used to make the die for the Confederate Stonewall Jackson Medal. I have owned 3 medals and currently only have one. I would like to find the Reverse Hub. Pretty cool Confederate Era item. If anyone knows where it is please contact me. (Address removed; use PM/Conversation please.) Thanks.