I.B.M. Employee Appreciation Medal, Presented to Walter Wayne Moody, 1947

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Artifact Overview

International Business Machines (IBM) produced this medallion in appreciation of their employees' loyalty, cooperation, and efforts towards the success of the organization and its progress for a third of a century. Noted sculptor Carl Paul Jennewein designed the medallion with a bust of IBM's president, Thomas J. Watson, on the front and the tribute with IBM's iconic slogan, "THINK," on the reverse.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Commemorative medal

Date Made

1947

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.187.6

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Bronze (Metal)

Color

Bronze (Color)

Dimensions

Diameter: 2.375 in
Thickness: 0.188 in

Inscriptions

obverse: CPJ/1947 reverse: TO / ALL MEMBERS OF / THE IBM ORGANIZATION / IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR / LOYALTY, COOPERATION AND EFFORT / IN BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION / AND IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS / THIRD OF A CENTURY OF PROGRESS / 1914 - 1947 / Thos J Watson / PRESIDENT / THINK on edge of medal: MEDALLIC ART CO. NY BRONZE