Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Miscellaneous Tokens and MedalsFROM AREQUIPA TO PUNO, 1870. 50.5mm. Bronze. C.E.Bryant, Sc. Extremely Fine with numerous small rim dents. Atthe center of the obverse is a view of an old steam locomotiveand cars entering a town via an overpass; the Andes Mountainsin the background. A two line Spanish language legend states theroute of the line; the name of the Chief Engineer, J.L. Thorndykeand the contractor, Henry Meiggs. The reverse bears a two linelegend stating that the medal was blessed by the Very Rev. Bishopof Arequipa on the 29th of January, 1870. The central portioncontains a long listing of national and local government officials.This is the second medal Bryant did for Meiggs commemoratinghis railroads. (F)Lot 400400. COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CLAFLINPRIZE, CA. 1870s. 35.3mm. Silver. Unsigned, but attributed toGeorge H. Lovett. Extremely Fine. On the obverse is a superblyexecuted helmeted female head to the right surrounded by thelegend, COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CLAFLINPRIZE. The reverse contains a Latin legend: TANTUS AMORLAUDUM TANTAE VICTORIA CURAE. around a wreathenclosing the engraved name of the awardee, TO/ ERNESTMYEN(?)/ OF THE/ FRESHMAN CLASS/ FOR LATIN.Lot 402 (reduced)402. GALVANO OF HENRI DUBOIS’S MEDAL FOR THE UNIONNATIONALE DES SOCIETES DE TIR DE FRANCE, ND. 10”Foundry Cast bronze by F. Barbedienne. Henri Dubois, Sc. (afterA. Mercie.” Extremely Fine with a few edge nicks between 11:30& 12:00. The legend: UNION NATIONALE DES SOCIETESDE TIR DE FRANCE, partially surrounds Dubois’s renditionof Antonin Mercie’s sculpture, Gloria Victis, featuring a wingedfigure of Fame carrying the nude figure of a dying young warriorover her shoulder. Below is a wooded scene showing a man witha rifle at lower left. The design replicates one which was used ona 60mm medal commemorating the 1886 founding of the societyLot 401401. SANDS MEDAL, 1878. 28mm. Silver. Unsigned. Choice Uncirculated. (Tiffany & Co.) Obverse: SANDS MEDAL to either side of the unnamedbust of Nathanial Sands II. Reverse: PERSEVERANTIA OMNIA VINCIT (Perseverance Conquers All) in a semi circle around a wreath closedby AWARDED/ TO. The central portion is inscribed in a flowing script: APRIL 3, 1878/ JOSEPH SHERMAN/ L.D. NO. 1/ NEW WINDSOR.The medal is housed in its original imprinted Tiffany & Co. leather presentation case.The Sands Medal was first awarded in 1865 and has been presented ever since making it one of the oldest continuously issued school awards inthe country. The award was funded by Abraham Sands in honor of his father, Nathaniel Sands II to be given to students in the New Windsor andCornwall Schools (Orange Co., NY.) who exhibit outstanding scholastic achievement, deportment and citizenship. What sets this award apart fromother school awards is that it is given to elementary school students – a silver medal to a sixth grader and a bronze medal to a fifth grader. (G)111H