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Miscellaneous Tokens and Medalsof the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission issued throughthe New York State Education Department to the Colleges andSecondary Schools, 1909. Designed by Emil Fuchs.” 900 Sets ofthese uniface medals were struck. We sold a similar set in our lastsale for $379.50.429. LARGE HUDSON – FULTON CELEBRATION OFFICIALMEDAL IN SILVER, 1909. 102mm. Sterling Silver. Edgenumbered “148” and named to ‘EDWARD N. TAILOR.” AboutUncirculated. Design as above. Edward N. Tailor was a prominentNYC merchant and a member of the Hudson-Fulton CelebrationCommission. We sold a similar medal with a long shallow scratchin our last sale for $776.25.Lot 42752.4 x 69.9mm. Bronze. D. Weygers, Sc. (Paul Fisch) Uniface.About Uncirculated. Obverse with a zeppelin in flight at upperright. Below, a nude female figure is seated holding a scroll; bookspiled on a stack to her left. The scroll is inscribed: LE/ BELGIQUE/PREMIER/ DIRIGEABLE/ BELGE/ HOMMAGE/ A SES/PROMOTEURS. Inscribed in the exergue: LES COMMUNESD’AUDERGHEM ET DE WATERMAEL - BOITSFORT. Rare -unlisted by Malpas and the only one we have seen. From our 66 thSale #397 where it brought $275.00 (No lot envelope) (G)Lot 430 (reduced)428. OBVERSE AND REVERSE UNIFACE STRIKES OF THEOFFICIAL HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION MEDAL,1909 MOUNTED ON A DISPLAY BOARD. Miller 42; Baxter99; Marqusee 187. 102mm. Bronze. Emil Fuchs, Sc. (W&H).About Uncirculated. Obverse scene of Hudson and his sailors onthe deck of the Half Moon. The reverse presents an allegory ofSteam Navigation composed of a central female figure holding ascale model of the first steam powered boat, the Clermont., flankedby two other seated female figures, one holding an anchor and theother a navigation chart.H120Lot 428 (reduced)These uniface specimens have been placed one above the other onan 7 x 12” board. A sticker on the reverse reads: “Official Medal430. A PAIR OF HUDSON-FULTON MOUNTED GALVANOS,1909. Baxter 102. 204 x 141mm. Bronze. J. Edouard Roine,Sc. Each galvano is mounted on a 12 ¼ x 8 ¼” wooden board.Almost mint condition. (1) Obverse with a central bust of Hudson,his name around. In the upper corners , a shell is flanked by twodolphins. In the lower corners, beneath the bust, Dutch arms areto the right and American to the left. In the oblong space below isa view of the Half Moon and two boats. Incused along the upperedge is: COPYRIGHTED 1909 ROINE AND WEIL. Incused atbottom is” DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER MDCIX.(2) Central bust of Fulton, his name around., Upper corners arefilled with American shields and the lower corners with eagles.Same incused inscription at top as the Hudson plaque. Theinscription below reads: FVLTONS CLERMONT. THE FIRSTSUCCESSFUL STEAMBOAT. We last sold a pair of thesegalvanos in our1989 47 th Sale. For $363.00. (H)431. NAVIGATION AERIENNE PLAQUETTE, 1909. CGI3: 272A;Frankenhuis 220. 58 x 80mm. Bronze. Pierre Morlon, Sc. (ParisMint: Cornucopia BRONZE edgemark). XF; a few scatteredspots. The obverse design is divided into three panels. The centerdisplays a figure of the Genius of Aviation. That on the left showsa period airplane flying over a city while the panel on the rightdisplays a dirigible flying over the open countryside. Inscribedin the exergue is: NAVIGATION AERIENNE. The reverse isalso divided into three panels. The center bears an engravedaward inscription: TO/ G.W.E./ PARIS/ 1919, while that on theleft depicts an artist gazing at birds flying in the distance. Inexergue: LE REVE/ CONCOIT. The panel on the right depicts aworkman making adjustments to an airplane engine. In exergue: