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Military and Related Tokens and Medals
REG. O.V.I.
R7. XF with a small edge clip at 5:00. (G)
Lot 42
MILITARYAND RELATED
TOKENS AND MEDALS
43.
EARLY
DAUGHTERS
OF
THE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION GOLD AND ENAMEL MEMBERSHIP
PIN.
14k Gold (Tested) 5.5 grams. Near Mint Condition. The
reverse has a bale for attaching to the membership ribbon which is
no longer present. The back of the flag is stamped: CALDWELL
3.22.91 PATENT and is engraved: ELIZA J. WARREN/
MORLEY/ 8337. This 4 digit number and the 1891 patent date
is indicative of this being one of the earlier membership pins. (G)
44.
AUSTRIAN MEDAL FOR THE TAKING OF BELGRADE,
AUSTRO—TURKISH WAR, 1789.
Wurzbach 4880. Mont.
2181. 46.9mm. Bronze. Unsigned (attributed to Ignaz Donner.)
Extremely Fine. Obv. GED. LAVDONIVS. EXERCITT. AVSTR.
SVMMVS IMP. Bust right. Rev. TAVRVNVM EXPVGNATVM.
Representation of the bombing of Belgrade. The top suspension
loop suggests that this piece might have been issued as an award.
Laudon had been brought out of retirement to be Commander-in-
Chief and he succeeded in taking Belgrade in just three weeks.
He was to die within a year on the 14 July 1790. In 1791 the City
was returned to the Turks following the Treaty of Svashtov. (F)
45.
SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER
Lot 43
Lot 44
HILL, 1925.
Marqusee 216. 76mm. Bronze. Julio Kilenyi, Sc.
(W&H). Edge marked: JAMES M. CURLEY-MAYOR OF
BOSTON. Obv: BATTLE OF LEXINGTON APRIL 19
TH
1775
around a view of the battle. Rx: TO. COMMEMORATE/ THE/
ONE HUNDREDAND FIFTIETH/ ANNIVERSARY/ OF THE/
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON/. Below, a tablet enclosing a figure
of a Minuteman, flanked on either side by the dates 1775 1925.
The few of these medals that bear the Curley edge mark are said
to be first strikings presented to political dignitaries. (F)
46.
PAIR OF U.S. CONSTITUTION RELIC BOOKENDS,
1927
. Here are two foundry cast bronze bookends in the shape
of a ship’s wheel set on a rectangular base. The wheel is 6” in
diameter and the base is 1 1/4 x 5 3/4”. Nice XF/AU condition.
At the center of the wheel is the well-known Constitution relic
medal depicting the ship in full sail. The base is lettered at the
bottom: THIS MATERIAL WAS TAKEN FROM THE U. S.
FRIGATE CONSTITUTION 1927. (H)
47.
UNMARKEDWAR OF 1861 DOG TAG
. Maier & Stahl: Eagle
5A. Silver. (10.5 grams.) Gem Proof. Obverse with WAR OF
1861 UNITED STATES around a displayed eagle. The reverse
is blank. While this is a common “type” it is exceptionally rare
in silver. (H)
48.
MONITOR - MERRIMAC BATTLE TOKEN, CA.
1862
. Schenkman MM4. 31mm. Bronze. Unsigned, but
ascribed to George H. Lovett. Nice brown Unc. Obv: THE
Lot 46 (reduced)
Lot 47