Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Military and Related Tokens and Medalsthis is a scroll inscribed SPECIMEN.The Aero Club of America was founded in 1905 to promote aviationin the United Stated. Soon after America’s entry into WWI, thismedallion was created to be awarded for valor and distinguishedservice by aviators. In 1923 the club was renamed The NationalAeronautic Association, which still exists today. We auctioned anawarded example of this medal in our 2004 Litman, Sullivan &Dreyfuss Sale for $632.50. (H)This is a rare medal which is not listed in Richard Planck’scomprehensive Second Revised Edition of State, County, City,and Organization Medals for World War One. The nude figurewith statuette and laurel branch was first used by Kitson on a 1903Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physical Training AwardMedal.The English born Kitson (1863-1947) moved to the United Statesas a young man and became a well-known regional sculptor in NewEngland. He was a member of the National Sculpture Society. He isknown to have done a fair number of busts and monuments, but iscredited with only three medals; a plaquette of Elizabeth SpragueCoolidge in 1938; the MIT medal and the medal offered here. It is ashame that his medallic production was so limited since he was anmedalist of obvious talent. We sold a similar named specimen in our2009 Sale #79 (#159) for $356.50.Lot 4141. CITY OF NEWARK PATRIOTIC NAMED SERVICE MEDAL,ND. 69.8mm. Bronze. Henry Hudson Kitson, Sc. (MACO) AboutUncirculated. The obverse features a frontal pose of a standing malefigure, nude with the exception of a fig leaf, holding a statue ofWinged Victory in his right hand and a laurel branch in his left. Thelegend reads: BY DUTY DONE IS HONOR WON. Inscribed to thelower left of the figure is: DUCIT/ AMOR/ PATRIAE. The reversedisplays a pair of fasces to either side of the inscription: GIVEN BY/THE CITY OF/ NEWARK/ IN/ APPRECIATION/ OF PATRIOTIC/SERVICES/ TO/ narrow cartouche engraved with the name of DR.CARL E. SUTPHEN. Dr. Sutphen later became Superintendent ofthe Newark City Hospital.Lot 4242. ARMY AND NAVY CHAPLAIN’S MEDAL, 1920. LGF 2020;Baxter 326; Marqusee 166. 70mm. Bronze. Laura Gardin Fraser, Sc.(Gorham & Co.). About Uncirculated, a few scattered spots. Theobverse is dominated by the moving scene of a fallen soldier beinggiven a drink from a canteen by a kneeling chaplain. The reversehas a large cross superimposed over a view of a navy destroyer.13H