Historical information
Cardinal O'Connell was Catholic archbishop of Boston when this medal was created by Dora Ohlfsen in 1911. Ohlfsen-Bagge
Significance
This medal was created by Ballarat born sculptor Dora Ohlfsen. Ohlfsen lived and worked in Rome at the time and this medallion was created for Archbishop, Cardinal O'Connell of Boston on his achieving the cardinal's hat in 1911. Ohlfsen, one of the top international sculptors of the 1920s-30s, was born in Ballarat in 1869, and served as a nurse in Italy in World War I later sculpting the Anzac medallion to raise funds for returned soldiers.
Physical description
medallion
