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ribbon. Obv: OLIM PRAESIDIUM REIPUBLICAE around a seated

figure of Knowledge to the right, writing on a tablet. Rx: WM. H.

LINCOLN MEDAL BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL around a wreath

surrounding an engraved inscription: FOR EXCELLENCE/ IN ART/

MARGUERITE/ RHOADS.

This medal is a cut above in quality over the usual high school

award medal. It was executed by the renowned Swedish medalist,

Lea Ahlborn. (D-E)

1110. ANOTHER,

of the same, but without the suspension ribbon. Silver.

Cleaned XF. “FOR/ EXCELLENCE/ IN/ ART/ FRANCENIA/ J.

HORN. (C)

1111. PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS SESNAN

PRIZE MEDAL, 1902.

45mm. Bronze. H. Lyman Sayen, Sc.

Unc. Obv: PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS

around a seated nude male figure with paintbrushes & tablet. In

exergue: FOUNDED/ 1805. Rx: THE/ JENNIE SESNAN. PRIZE./

IN/ MEMORIAM/ SARAH/ CAZENOVE/ ROBERTS flanked by

branches of laurel. At bottom/ FOUNDED 1902. The Sesnan gold

medal is awarded for the best landscape painting in the Academy’s

annual exhibition. (E-F)

1112. NATIONAL CONGRESS SONS OF THE AMERICAN

REVOLUTION, 1902.

40.8mm. Chocolate Bronze. Unsigned.

Uniface. Choice Unc. Obv: NATIONAL CONGRESS AMERICAN

REVOLUTION around. At the 9, 12 & 34 o’clock positions are oval

wreaths surrounding view of MARSHALL HALL, The White House,

and MOUNT VERNON, AT 6 o’clock is a shield labeled DC upon

which is perched a displayed eagle with a banner in its mouth

inscribed: WELCOME TO WASHINGTON. Below the eagle are

the dates: APRIL 30 MAY 2 1902. Above the eagle is a view of

the Capitol Dome with banners to either side inscribed SONS OF

THE. (D)

1113. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. 60TH ANNIVERSARY

MEDAL, 1905.

68mm. Bronze. (Jos. Davison, Phila.) Choice

Unc in original Davidson presentation case. Obv: NEW YORK

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY above a displayed eagle atop a

radiant globe supported by two kneeling male nudes. Exergue:

MDCCCXLV – MDCCCCV/ APRIL TWELFTH. Rx: Circular portraits

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Lot 1112

of the five Presidents of the company, the current president, John

A. McCall in the center. (E)

1114. OFFICIAL HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION MEDAL, 1909.

Miller 42; Baxter 99; Marqusee 187. 51mm. Alum. Emil Fuchs,

Sc. (W&H). Choice Unc. Obverse scene of Hudson and his

sailors on the deck of the Half Moon. The reverse presents an

allegory of Steam Navigation composed of a central female

figure holding a scale model of the first steam powered boat, the

Clermont, flanked by two other seated female figures, one holding

an anchor and the other a navigation chart. (B)

1115. HUDSON-FULTON NEWBURGH MEDAL, 1909.

Baxter 103.

50.8mm. Gilt Bronze. Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, Sc. (W&H) AU

with some scattered spots of tarnish. Still most attractive. Obverse

with jugate busts to the left of Hudson and Fulton, their last

names to either side. Reverse: Seated female figure of Newburgh

with arms outstretched on a pedestal inscribed: NEWBURGH.

Hudson and Fulton’s ships plus others are in the background.

(C)

1116. INAUGURATION OF PRINCETON U. PRESIDENT, 1912

51mm. Bronze. Unsigned, but bust modeled by J. E. Roine.

(W&H) Uncirculated. Obverse: JOHN CRIER HIBBEN around

a front facing bust of the new Princeton President. Reverse:

Open wreath around a view of Nassau Hall. Below a rectangular

cartouche inscribed: COMMEMORATING/ THE INAUGURATION

OF/ JOHN CRIER HIBBEN/ AS PRESIDENT OF/ PRINCETON

UNIVERSITY/ MAY ELEVENTH 1912. 1000 medals were struck

in bronze. (See Numismatist August 1912. P. 241.) (C)

1117. GRAND LODGE F. & A.M OF LOUISIANA SILVER CENTENNIAL

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