Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

BATTLE OF BENNINGTON legend around.A particularly nice medal by Keck who is known to coin collectorsas having modeled the 1915 Pan-Pac $1.00 gold commemorativeand for having executed both the Vermont Sesquicentennialand Lynchburg Sesquicentennial commemorative half dollars.Exonumists are particularly fond of his gigantic relic plaque fromthe U.S.S. Maine. (D)1477. SATURDAY EVENING POST 200TH ANNIVERSARY, 1928.Greenslet GM-140; Marqusee 230. 101.2mm. Bronze. JulioKilenyi, Sc. (W&H). XF/AU. Obv: Bust of Benjamin Franklin left.Rx: View of building. In exergue: COMMEMORATING THE/ 200THANNIVERSARY/ THE SATURDAY/ EVENING POST/ 1728 1928/FOUNDED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. (C)Lot 1480 (reduced)x 15 ½” Cast Bronze. (19 lbs). Anton Schaaf, Sc. Cast by GorhamCo. Extremely Fine with scattered verdigris spots throughout.Obverse bust of Miss Sherman within a center circle. Her name,LOLA J. SHERMAN is inscribed below. Gorham signature at lowerleft corner.Lot 1477A1477A. MASSACHUSETTS SAFETY COUNCIL AWARD PLAQUE, 1929.12 x 20 shield shaped Cast Bronze affixed to a rectangular woodenboard. Unsigned. Extremely Fine with some very minor verdigris.GROUP C WINNER/ INTER-PLANT/ CONTEST above the sealof the Safety Council and the inscription: FOR MERITORIOUS/SAFETY SERVICE. Below: WON BY/ HINDS LAUNDRY CO./1929. (F)1478. DELAWARE AND HUDSON STOURBRIDGE LION PLAQUETTE,1929. 101.5 x 63.3mm. Rectangular Bronze. Unsigned. (Metal ArtsCo., Rochester). Unc. but with some irregular rx. tarnish. Obverseview of the early and picturesque Stourbridge Lion locomotiveflanked by shields dated 1829 and 1929. Banner at top inscribed:THE STOURBRIDGE LION. In exergue: THE DELAWAREAND HUDSON COMPANY. Reverse inscription in 8 lines:COMMEMORATING THE/ ONE HUNDRED ANNIVERSARY/OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL TRIP/ MADE IN AMERICA BYA STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AT HONESDALE PENNSYLVANIA/AUGUST 8, 1829/ BY THE STOURBRIDGE LION/ DRIVEN BYHORATIO ALLEN. (E-F)1479. J. RAMSAY MACDONALD U.S. VISIT MEDAL, 1929. 70.7mm.Bronze. John R. Sinnock, Sc. (MACO). Unc. with some speckledtarnish on the reverse (MACO). Obv: Strongly modeled bust ofthe British prime Minister to the right, his name to either side.Rx: Inscription between fasces: COMMEMORATING/ THE VISITOF/ J. RAMSAY MACDONALD/ PRIME MINISTE/ OF/ GREATBRITAIN/ TO/ AMERICA/ OCTOBER 1929. In tiny letters atbottom: AN ART MEDAL MADE BY MEDALLIC ART COMPANYOF NEW YORK. The MacDonald medal was advertised for sale at$3.00 by MACO in the 1929 Numismatist. (C)1480. PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF LOLA J. SHERMAN, CA. 1930S. 15 ½”Little is known about Miss Sherman. She apparently lived inthe Hudson Valley area of New York and was a woman of somemeans, leaving a number of bequests to various charities whenshe died in the mid 1930’s. Anton Schaaf (1869-1943) was a wellknownNew York City sculptor who was a pupil of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. He is best known to exonumists as the medalist for thepopular 1924 John Ericsson – Monitor plaque. Because of thesimilarity in names, he is oftren confused with Anton Schaarf, theAustrian medallist (1845-1903). (F)1481, EZRA MEEKER CENTENNIAL MEDAL, 1930. Marqusee 212.66 x 49.7mm. Bronze. Jeno Juszko, Sc.. Uniface. (MACO)Uncirculated. Obverse with a bearded bust 3/4 left of Meeker, hisfacsimile signature and centennial dates below in the exergue.According to Susan Luftschein, this plaquette was issued byGeorge Dupont Pratt, the founder of the Society of Medalists, as apersonal medal. (E)1482. 250 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF WILLIAM PENNIN AMERICA, 1932. – SAMPLE MEDAL. 76.5mm. Bronze. JulioKilenyi, Sc. (W&H) Choice AU. Obv: 1682 ARRIVAL OF WILLIAMPENN IN AMERICA 1932 around bust ¼ left of William Penn.Counterstamped SAMPLE on his breast. Rx: Scene depictedof Penn shaking hands with an Indian chief with other Indiansgathered around symbolic of Penn’s first land purchase from theIndians. Also struck in a small size and cataloged as HK 461-2.(D-E)1483. FIORELLO LAGUARDIA MEDALET, 1933. Marqusee 342 var.30mm + loop and ring as made. Bronze. Onorio Ruotolo, Sc.(MACO). AU. The obverse bears a bust of LaGuardia to the left andthe legend: FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA MAYOR OF NYC NOV. 7,1933. The reverse depicts a nude figure of Hercules defeating themulti-headed Hydra with a torch. Inscribed along the left border,HYDRAE COLLA EXVRIT (he destroys the necks of the Hydra)This medal commemorates the inauguration of Laguardia andportrays him in symbolic battle with ignorance, poverty, diseaseand bigotry. (D)1484. OBERLIN COLLEGE ALUMNI SERVICE MEDAL, (1933).75.8mm. Bronze. Frank Jirouch, Sc. Edge marked: (1990MEDALLIC ART CO. DANBURY, CT. –BRONZE. ) Unc. Housedin original uninscribed jeweler’s box. Obv: OBERLIN COLLEGEJOHN FREDERICK OBERLIN around a bust right of Oberlin withina sunken inner circle. Rx: GIVEN BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION203H