Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

y a red ribbon covering bar clasp at the top. (BB&B). AU. Obv:Standing robed female figure with hand resting on 7 th Regt. shield.Old armory with wreath above; new armory in the background. Rx:COMMEMORATIVE/ OF THE/ CENTENNIAL/ ANNIVERSARY/7 TH REGIMENT N.G./ STATE OF NEW YORK. (E)809. OLIVER BOSBYSHELL GAR MEDALET, 1894. 14mm. Copper.Red Unc, Obv: Front facing portrait, OLIVER BOSBYSHELLaround. Rx: PHILADELPHIA MARCH 1, 1894 around GAR badge.Bosbyshell shell is known to numismatist as the Superintendent ofthe U.S. Mint 1889-1894. He also claimed to have been the firstUnion soldier wounded by enemy action in the Civil War, statingthat he received a bruise on the forehead from an object thrownby a Confederate sympathizer while his unit was marching throughBaltimore in April 1861. (B-C)810. REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY – THE HERO OF MANILA,ND. 27.6mm. Gilt Bronze. Brilliant Proof. Obv: REAR ADMIRALGEORGE DEWEY around a military bust facing slightly right. Rx:THE HERO OF MANILA a naval engagement between two ships.(C)811. DEWEY/ OLYMPIA TOKEN, ND. 18.7mm. Brass. Holed AU. Obv:Profile of Dewey half right in a plain field. Rx: DEWEY’S FLAG-SHIP above view of the ship. In exergue: OLYMPIA. (B)812. “CERVERA’S SPANISH FLEET DESTROYED,” ND. 19.7mm.Gilt Brass. AU. Obv: ADMIRAL W. S. SCHLEY to either sideof a bust to the right. Rx: CERVERA’S SPANISH FLEET/DESTROYED/ OFF/ SANTIAGO/ JULY 3,/ 1898. (B-C)Lot 813813. NO EMBALMED BEEF, 1900. 21.5mm. Silvered Iron, with brassring around the rim. Holed VF/XF. Obv: Military bust right ofAdmiral Dewey surrounded by the legend: THE MAINE FEB. 15,1898. MAY 1, 1898 Rx: Military bust of Miles surrounded by thelegend: NO EMBALMED BEEF. MILES, below the bust.“Miles” was General Nelson Miles, Commanding General of theU.S. Army, who coined the “embalmed beef” phase when, afterthe war, he complained to President McKinley about the suppliesthat had been procured for the Army. Miles’ complaint involveda scandal involving the purchase of some 7,000,000 pounds ofcanned roast beef intended for the troops in Cuba. The quantityorder was far in excess of the army’s needs and, what was worse,was that the soldiers detested it. In spite of this, the hated cannedbeef was regularly delivered to the trenches, and numerousoutfits got no other meat ration until after the fall of Santiago. Oneobserver commented, “The beef ration became a torture, as thefamished soldiers sickened. They were nauseated by the verysight of the contents of the tins. The could not choke the slimy redmess down, or could not keep it down, if they did.”Rare – only the second we have seen. There is a similar piece withan obverse bust of McKinley and the legend: WM. McKINLEY “AFRIEND INDEED” TO TRUSTS and one with the Miles obverseand a reverse with EMBALMED BEEF to either side of a packagedlabeled BEEF. A bearded bust of Russell Alger to the left issuperimposed on the package. ALGER, below. (Alger was theSecretary of War, forced to resign because of the scandal. Wesold an example of this token for $128.00 in our 2001 Marcus Sale.(F)814. DUKE OF CORNWALL LIGHT INFANTRY MEDAL, 1912.28.6mm. Silver. (Hallmarked on the reverse) XF/AU. Obv: Armsof the Duke of Cornwall. Rx: Incused inscription: 1 st BATT; DUKEOF CORNWALL’S LIGHT INFANTRY around 1912. LUCKNOW/COMMEMORATION/ MEDAL/ WON BY PTE: J. SMITH./ RIGHTHALF/ BATTALION (C)815. 55 TH INFANTRY EXCHANGE. Cunningham GA430d. 31mm.Brass. VF/XF. 50¢ denomination dated 1917. According toCunningham, the 55 th was located at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.(D)816. 6 TH INFANTRY POST EXCHANGE. Cunningham Ky 160b; R-96-5.XF/AU. 5¢. (B)817. LIMESTONE AIR FORCE BASE N.C.O. MESS. CunninghamME60b; A199. 26mm. Nickel. VF. (29mm size is in error.) (C)818. BROOKLYN MARINE BARRACKS POST EXCHANGE, 1908.Cunningham NY 50b, but silvered. Polished AU. (E-F)819. SCARCE FORT SCHUYLER POST EXCHANGE TOKEN.Cunningham NY 630a. 19mm. Brass. XF. 5¢. (E)820. CENTRAL NATIONAL HOME FOR D.V.S. Cunningham PA.110A; Fuld NC 39A; V1. 19mm. Copper. 5¢. XF. (C)821. ARMY SERVICE CLUB. Cunningham TX680lm . 21mm. Alum.. 1¢IN TRADE. Located at Fort Clark, TX. (C)822. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE N.C.O. OPEN MESS. CunninghamWYO310A. VF, with some rx. corrosion. (B)823. U.S.S. BROOKLYN. Cunningham SH-80; N100. 23mm. Brass.VF. (C-D)824. U.S.S. SALT LAKE CITY SHIP’S SERVICE. Cunningham SH-600a; N27. 26.8mm. Alum Bright AU. Popular pictorial of thecruiser on the obverse. (C)825. UNLISTED 4 TH INFANTRY TOKEN. 19.5mm. Alum.; XF/AU. Obv:EXCHANGE/ FOURTH/ U.S./ INFANTRY. Rx: GOOD FOR/ 5/ INMERCHANDISE. (D)826. UNLISTED 11 TH INFANTRY TOKEN. 24.3mm. Alum. VF. Obv: CO.K/ 11/ INF. Rx: GOOD FOR/ * 5¢ */ IN TRADE. Probably locatedat Fort Benjamin Harrison. (D)827. FORT McKINLEY POST EXCHANGE. Cunningham PI750A;F115. 19.6mm. Silvered. VF. 5 centavos. (C)828. FORT MILLS POST EXCHANGE. Cunningham PI830b; F129l.22.7mm. Brass. VF. 10 centavos. (B)829. RAMEY AIR FORCE BASE NCO OPEN MESS. CunninghamPR80e. 28.8mm. Alum. VF. (C)830. P.O.W. TOKEN. 24.5mm. Zinc plated Iron. F/VF. Obv: P. OF W./TOKEN./ B.E.F. Rx: 10/ CTS. 10 centimes denomination used bythe B.E.F. in France during WWI. (B-C)831. WWI. CARDINAL MERCIER, 1914. 69.7mm. Silver Plated Bronze.Jules Jourdain, Sc. AU. Obv: A.S.E. LE CARDINAL MERCIERHOMMAGE NATIONAL around a bust of the Cardinal in clericalgarb to the left. Rx: Art Nouveau style robed female figure ofBelgium holding a flag offers her hand in assistance to a fallensoldier clutching a rifle in his left hand. Date 1914 below. Legend:PATRIOTISME - ENDURANCE. (D)832. SAME, as above, but struck in bronze. AU. A few scattered darkspots on both sides. (C-D)833. SOCIETY OF MINIATURE RIFLE CLUBS BELL MEDAL,AWARDED, 1915. 38.9mm. Chocolate Bronze. Choice. AU.Obv: THE BELL MEDAL to either side of a large trophy with awinged figure of Pallas flanked by two riflemen to either side. Rx:Open wreath surrounding: PRESENTED/ BY/ THE SOCIETY OF/MINIATURE/ RIFLE CLUBS. Edge engraved: S.D.M.R.C. W.C.KILEY , 1915 SCORE 297.The Bell Trophy was presented to the English SMRC in 1909 byMr. Chas. R.E. Bell as a challenge trophy for award at a meeting.One Bell Medal was given to every club affiliated with the SMRCeach year, which could be awarded to a club member on whateverbasis the club chose. The competition exists to this day. Themedal, however, ceased to be awarded after 1939 and the winnersthereafter, were awarded certificates. (C)834. LUSITANIA MEDAL COPY, ND. Similar to Kienast 156 56.6mm.Cast Bronzed Iron. Uncirculated. Obverse with Death as aticket seller n the office of the Cunard Lines selling tickets to thepassengers. “Business above all.” On the reverse, the Lusitaniais shown sinking. “No contraband.” In the exergue, the inscriptiontranslates, “The mail steamer “Lusitania” sunk by a GermanSubmarine 5 MAY 1915.”Goetz’s Lusitania medal is one of the most famous medals of the20 th century. The original casting (which was in bronze!) erroneouslyhad the date of the sinking as May 5 - two days before the actualsinking. (Goetz explained this error by stating, “The 5 th of May wasa writing error on my part. I took this date out of a newspaperaccount and correct it later to the 7 th of May.”) The British werequick to take advantage of the propaganda possibilities of this andmanufactured replicas in great numbers arguing that the medalwith its May 5 date proved with the Germans has long planned to161H