All Medals

References:   MACo 1971-013-015, WR 15

The obverse bears bust of shepherd dog facing right. Over nose on right, FOUNDED / 1913; around, SHEPHERD-DOG-CLUB / OF-AMERICA; signed over shoulder at right, KILENYI.

The reverse bears idyllic image of sheep pasture with guarding shepherd dog at left and sun on horizon.

The edge is marked MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE.

The German Shepherd Dog Club of America was founded in 1913 and incorporated in 1916 by Anne Tracy, Margaret C. Throop, Edith May Schley, Vemon Castle, John Volkman, Paul Huhn, & B.R. Ruggles. Like all breed-specific clubs, its mission was to define the breed, participate in shows, and interest the public.

The medal measures 50mm in diameter and was struck in bronze and silver by the Medallic Art Company of New York.

References:   MACo 1925-040-01

The medal's obverse bears Indian head design.

The reverse bears legend flanked by palm fronds, SOUVENIR / PENNY / OF / ST. LOUIS

This is one of the many so-called "Indian head" souvenir medals that were popular around the turn of the 19th century, this one possibly memorializing a visit to St. Louis. The copper plating is peeling off at the edges but it is still a handsome medal with a patination that seems intentional.  The hair and head dress of the Native American figure as well as the palm fronds are darkened.

The circular medal measures 74.3mm in diameter and was struck in a copper-plated base metal. No mintage is known.

References:   MACo 1967-151-011

The medal bears kneeling mother holding infant up into the air for a kiss. Around, · AMERICAN COLLEGE of OBSTETRICIANS & GYNECOLOGISTS; at left, 1951

The style and subject matter tend to make me want to attribute the medal to Abram Belskie, who designed a lot of medals for medical colleges and practitioners and did a lot of his best work in this late art deco style.

The circular uniface medal measures 64mm in diameter and was struck in a greyish metal, probably lead. It is likely a trial strike of a medal I have not yet identified.

The medal's obverse bears female figure holding stylized caduceus in one hand, other held high, pointing to the right; symbols of industry and agriculture including steam train, telegraph wires, factories, corn cobs in background and at figure's feet. Around, TRANS-MISSISSIPPI AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. / OMAHA; below, U.S.A / 1898

The medal's reverse bears wreath fashioned from two branches.  Below, S.D. CHILDS & CO. ENGRAVERS. CHICAGO.

The circular medal was struck by S. D. Childs & Co. of Chicago.

References:   ANS 47, MACo 1939-055, 3000

References:   Murtha 96

The medal's obverse bears conjoined portraits of John Pintard and Egbert Benson, facing quarter left. Around left, JOHN PINTARD / FOUNDER; around right, EGBERT BENSON / FIRST PRESIDENT; signed around lower right, V.D.Brenner

The medal's reverse bears old and new buildings of the New York Historical Society with society's medallion supported by palm leaves at bottom, Around, · THE · NEW · YORK · HISTORICAL · SOCIETY · 1804 - 1904; under the horizontal separator between buildings, IT IS DELIGHTFUL / TO RECALL THE PAST

John Pintard (1759-1844) was an American merchant and philanthropist. He was orphaned at the tender age of 18 months and grew up with his uncle, Lewis Pintard.  He made his fortune in the China and East India Trade and lost it in Alexander Hamilton's scheme to fund the national debt. While he never recovered his former wealth, he regained comfortable financial status and founded or was active in many of New York's respected cultural institutions, among them the New York Historical Society, the American Antiquarian Society, the American Bible Society, and the Tammany Society. He was also active in the movement that lobbied for the construction and completion of the Erie Canal.  He was what we would call "a pillar of scoiety" and died highly respected in 1844.

Egbert Benson (1746-1833) was a lawyer, jurist and politician from Upper Red Hook, New York, and a Founding Father of the United States who represented New York in the Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and the United States House of Representatives. He served as a member of the New York State constitutional convention in 1788 which ratified the United States Constitution. He also served as the first Attorney General of the State of New York, Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, and as a judge and Chief Judge on the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit. He is one of the Dutch Americans alongside John Jay to lead the American Revolution.

The circular medal measures 63.7mm and was struck in gold-patinated bronze. No mintage is reported.