All Medals

The medal's obverse bears idealized forest scene with with doe nuzzling fawn on left side and owls perched on pine branch on right side. Signed at bottom, Eliscu

The reverse bears calendar panel flanked by owls with fawn above. At bottom, 1975

This was the very first medal issued by the Medallic Art Company in its annual calendar medal series. Interestingly, this medal's obverse was reused in 1991 for the seventeenth calendar medal in the series (this does not count the alternate medal in 1983).

The circular medal measures 76.1mm in diameter and was struck in what appears to be pewter or nickle silver.  I am sure it was also struck in bronze and probably in silver but I have not personally encountered those variants yet. Confirmation and physical characteristics of these variants would be welcome.

References:   MACo 1974-121, Cal MA-1975

The medal's obverse bears a portrait of Goodnow, facing right. Signed on truncation, M. Miller sc.

The reverse bears the Johns Hopkins University seal framed by ivy. Across lower half, TO / FRANK · JOHNSON · GOODNOW / PRESIDENT · 1914-1929 / FROM · HIS · COLLEAGUES / JUNE · 11 · 1929

Frank Johnson Goodnow (1859-1939) was an educator and legal scholar. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Amherst College and Columbia Law School. After graduation he was offered a position in the School of Political Science on the condition that he prepare himself with a year of study abroad.  He met that requirement by enrolling at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris and at the University of Berlin. After teaching for more than two decades, assisting with the drafting of a new charter for Greater New York, and drafting two consitutions for China, he became president of Johns Hopkins University in 1914. For the next fifteen years he worked on improving Johns Hopkins' financial position and finally retired in 1929.

The circular medal measures 69.8mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by the Medallic Art Company of New York. No mintage is reported.

References:   MACo 1929-069

The medal's obverse bears art-deco style flight trophy with enameled red cross in center. On base, CHALLENGE / MAURICE RAPHAEL; around, LES AMIS DE L'AVIATION SANITAIRE

The reverse bears center field with light plane and cross within beaded border, surrounded by wreath of roses. Under plane, EN TEMOINAGE / DE RECONNAISSANCE

The circular medal measures 50mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by Arthus-Bertrand. No mintage is reported.

This uniface medal bears portraits of George Washington and Gerald Ford; Liberty bell above, fasces below. Around, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / BI-CENTENNIAL; across, G. WASHINGTON - GERALD FORD / 1776 - 1976; signed under truncation of Washington bust, A. KOLB

The circular medal measures 50mm and was struck in bronze, probably by the Metalarts Company of Rochester, New York. No mintage is reported.

The medal's obverse bears handle of sword, crossbar horizontal and blade pointing down. Across, THE / FENCERS / CLVB OF / PHILA / D-ELPHIA; signed at bottom, 19 (RTM monogram) 14

The reverse is inscribed to FLORA S. FENDER / 1934 / LEFT AND RIGHT; stamped MEDALLIC / ART CO. / NEW YORK

The looped medal measures 29.1mm in diameter (32.1mm with loop) and was struck in bronze by the Medallic Art Company of New York. No mintage is reported.

References:   MACo 1921-027

The medal's obverse bears heavily dressed pipeline worker in front of three panels of industrial imagery: pump stations at top, pipeline in middle, tanks and harbor with oil tanker at bottom. Signed at bottom, SVENSON

The medal's reverse bears legend only. Around and across, TRANS ALASKA PIPELINE / COMPLETION / & / START-UP / JUNE 20, 1977

The Alyeska Pipeline represents a triumph of engineering in the harshest weather conditions.  It connects the oil fields near Prudhoe Bay to the harbor at Valdez.  Constructed after all other attempts to transport the oil had failed, including specially equipped ice-breaking tankers, the pipeline is owned and operated by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.

The circular medal was struck in bronze by the Metalarts Company of Rochester, New York.

The medal's obverse bears busts of James Mitchell Lamson Scovill and William Henry Scovill in circular fields at left and right; wreath-like borders at top and bottom of fields. Around top and bottom, SCOVILL MANUFACTURING / COMPANY / 1802-1902 / WATERBURY, CONN.; busts labeled around top, J. M. L. SCOVILL and WM. H. SCOVILL

The reverse bears wreath and inscription. Around, within beaded border,  CENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO.; in center field, PRESENTED / BY THE COMPANY / TO / ARTHUR T. HADLEY / 1802 / ABEL PORTER & CO. / 1811 / LEAVENWORTH HAYDEN & SCOVILL / 1827 / J.M.L. & W.H. SCOVILL / 1850 / SCOVILL MFG. CO.

This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in 1902. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods.

The circular medal medal measures 76.2mm in diameter and was struck by the Scovill Manufacturing Company itself. No mintage is reported.

Many thanks to the Numismatics Department of the Yale University Art Gallery for their generous support with making this medal available to me for research.

The uniface medallion bears large number 50. Around top, (GOOD YEAR logo); around bottom, FIFTY YEARS OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS

This is the 50 year version of Rene Chambellan's Goodyear series of medallions. All of these medallions came mounted to a wooden board to be hung in offices or shops that were selling Goodyear product.

Dick Johnson's reference does not list this medallion under Chambellan, in fact it does not have a reference to it at all. Like all other Goodyear medallions, this one also is not edge-marked, so both an attribution to Chambellan and to the Medallic Art Company would be a bit tenuous. 

Both the lettering and the overall style make me doubt that the medallion was designed by Chambellan.  A query to the Goodyear Company has remained unanswered so far.  I will keep it with the  attribution to the Medallic Art Company and without an artist attribution until someone with better information can correct the record.

The circular medallion measures 101.6mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by the Medallic Art Company. No mintage is reported.

The medal's obverse depicts various refinery operations with a worker in the foreground. Around, TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY COMMEMORATING THEIR / PRODUCTION OF ONE BILLION GALLONS OF 100 OCTANE GASOLINE AT BAYTOWN REFINERY; below, DECEMBER 14, 1944 / HOUSTON, TEXAS

The reverse bears three flying fortresses dropping bombs. In lower half of field, YOUR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCING A BILLION GALLONS OF / 100 OCTANE GASOLINE HAS GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO / THE GAINING OF AIR SUPREMACY OVER OUR ENEMIES / (signature of General H H Arnold) / GENERAL U.S. ARMY / COMMANDING GENERAL ARMY AIR FORCES

On December 14, 1945 the 14,000 employees of Humble Oil & Refining Company were honored at a ceremony celebrating the manufacture of a billion gallons of finished 100 Octane Aviation Gasoline at the company's Baytown refinery. A medal was commissioned to commemorate the event and Chambellan was chosen to design and model it.

The medal measures 62mm in diameter and was struck by the Medallic Art Company of New York. No mintage is reported.

References:   MACo 1944-012