Congressional Medal to C. W. Field for the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Cable

Gold-colored medal. The medal shows a ship on the left and another on the right in the middle of the ocean. Two ships are shown in the distance on the left and one on the right. The ship on the left has three masts and a square-rigged fore and mainmast and a fore and aft rigged mizzenmast. The ship on the right has three masts and is square-rigged. The text at the top reads "From the Chamber of Commerce and Citizens of New York" and "Cyrus W. Field". The text at the bottom reads "Commemorative of the part taken by him in laying the first telegraphic cable between Europe and America in August 1866". The background is plain and light-colored.