The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 39, September 26, 2004, Article 8

GEORGE THOMAS PORTRAIT PLAQUE INFO SOUGHT

  Philip Mernick, London, England writes: "I wonder if a
  subscriber to The E-Sylum can help me with this medal - it is a
  mystery (to me). It is 75 mm in diameter and is NOT made of
  metal.  It commemorates Major General George H. Thomas's
  defence of Chickamauga(?)    It was engraved by Borrel, Paris
  and  published by Tiffany & Company, New York in 1866. The
  fact that it was designed in France (and purchased in Paris some
  years ago) and Tiffany exhibited at the Paris International
  Exhibition of 1867 makes me wonder if it is made of Bois Durci.
  This composition material made by heating a mixture of wood
  flour and blood proteins under great pressure and temperature
  was used to make a large series of portrait plaques which
  include Washington, Lincoln and Seward. Can anyone with
  access to information on Civil War commemoratives tell me if
  this medal is recorded and if so what material it is believed to be
  made of?"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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