108 / 169
H
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Miscellaneous Tokens and Medals
Baxter 164; Marqusee 140. 45.9 x 63.1mm. Bronze. John
Flanagan, Sc. Uncirculated. Obverse with a bearded bust of
Saint-Gaudens to the left. AUGUSTUS SAINT- GAUDENS/
STATUAIRE AETATIS. LVI in small letters above. The reverse
bears the inscription: IN HONOR/ OF AN AMERICAN/
SCVLPTOR/ AVGVSTVS SAINT/ GAVDENS/ In small
letters below: SCVLPTORS DINNER OF THE/ MEDALLIC
ART COMPANY/ APRIL XI MCMXXXVII. (G-H)
446.
1937 UAW SIT DOWN STRIKE HONOR AWARD, 1937.
37.2mm with scalloped edges. Silvered Bronze. X F / AU.
Obv: Upper and lower scrolls inscribed: HONOR AWARD/ SIT
DOWN STRIKE. Dated 19 37 to either side. Square scene at
center showing workers sitting down in factory. Above: FOR.
Below: WINNING. Rx: THE OFFICERS OF YOUR INT’L
UNION / APPRECIATE YOUR/ LOYALTY/ IN THE FIGHT/
TO IMPROVE. AMERICAN LABOR CONDITIONS. Gear
design at center.
This is an important piece of American Labor Union history. It
is a relic of the United Auto Workers efforts to earn recognition
as the bargaining agent for General Motors Co. workers, and to
make the company stop shipping work to plants with nonunion
labor. The sit down strike was the vehicle used to successfully
achieve this and was used at the Fisher Body Plant at Flint,
Michigan. These medals are said to have been given only to the
employees who participated in the strike. (F)
447.
OCEAN LINER NORMANDIE STOPOVER AT RIO DE
JANEIRO, 1938.
68.5mm. Bronze. Jean Vernon, Sc. (Paris
Mint). AU with some minor tarnish areas on the reverse, as shown.
The obverse depicts the Normandie with an inscription in the
exergue detailing her maiden voyage from LaHarve to New
York in 1935. The reverse bears the inscription: SOVVENIR/
DE L’ESCALE/ DV PAQVEBOT/ ‘NORMANDIE’/ A/ RIO
DE JANEIRO/ FEVRIER 1938.
Lot 446
The obverse of this medal is the same as the reverse of the
medal struck for the Normandie’s maiden voyage in 1935 listed
above. This Rio de Janeiro variety is much scarcer. (G)
448.
SAINT GEORGE – AMERICAN EAGLE MEDAL, 1941.
Unlisted by Murtha. 38.5mm. Bronze. Holed for suspension.
XF/AU with some scattered tarnish Mario Korbel (Obv.) & Paul
Manship (Rev.), Sc. Obv: SAINT GEORGE OF ENGLAND
around scene of St. George slaying a dragon inscribed with a
Nazi swastika. Rx: UNITED WE STAND AMERICA around
a displayed eagle.
Issued for the British-American Ambulance Corps. A companion
piece executed entirely by Korbel combined this obverse with a
reverse utilizing a thumbs-up – forward to victory motif. (F-G)
449.
SAINT GEORGE – THUMBS UP MEDAL, 1941.
38.5mm.
Gilt Bronze. Mario Korbel, Sc. AU. Obverse as above, but
without the MK signature below the dragon. Rx: FORWARD
TO VICTORY around a hand giving the thumbs-up sign. Below
are ocean waves and a laurel branch. Dated 1941 at bottom. (D)
450.
NATIONAL
SCULPTURE
SOCIETY
50 TH
ANNIVERSARY MEDAL, 1943.
Alexander 1; HK-Unlisted.
38mm. Gold Plated sterling silver. Donald De Lue, (Obv.)
Sc. (MACO) Lightly toned Uncirculated. Obverse with a
kneeling nude male figure with outstretched hands kneels in
the palm of the Creator. Reverse: NATIONAL SCULPTURE
SOCIETY around FIFTIETH ANNIVERARY.
Only the second of these we have owned. We sold the other
(AU) at auction in 2007 for $545.00.
451.
“FREEDOM FROM FEAR” – CURTIS PUBLISHING
COMPANY PLAQUE, CA. 1946.
16 x 11”. A thin copper
shell has been mounted on a 23 x 14 3/4” wooden base.
Signed “M” at lower left, above the “O” in NORMAN. XF/
AU with some minor denting at the bottom in the exergue.
Here is a medallic rendition of Norman Rockwell’s famous
Lot 447 (reduced)
Lot 448
Lot 450