Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

FOR NOTABLE SERVICE TO ALMA MATTER around a depictionof Oberlin’s church in Waldersbach, France within a center circle.First awarded in 1933. (C)style main administration building. In exergue: ALUMNI SERVICEAWARD. The reverse is inscribed in incused letters: TO HONORCONSPICUOUS/ SERVICE TO ALMA MATER/FREDERICKBERTRAND ROBINSON/ ’04/ THE ASSOCIATE ALUMNI/ OFTHE COLLEGE OF THE/ CITY OF NEW YORK.Robinson was the 5 th President of CCNY, serving from 1927 to1938 when he resigned under fire from both students and faculty.Albert D’Andrea was a Professor of Art at CCNY and did a numberof medals for the school. The medal is housed in a silk lined pinkpresentation box which is contained within a plain pink cardboardouter box. (E-F)Lot 1485 (reduced)1485. MONARCH OF THE PLAINS PLAQUETTE, (1934) 60 X 90mm.Bronze. Ruth Brooks, Sc. (MACO). Unc. Obv: A dramatic highrelief depiction of an American bison facing left. In exergue:MONARCH OF THE PLAINS. Rx: THE FIRST DESCRIPTIONOF/ THE AMERICAN BISON/ 13 line Spanish language inscription/AS WRITTEN IN 1542 BY (facsimile signature) ALVAN NUNEZCABESA DE VACA. (D)Lot 1487 (reduced)Lot 14861486. COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ALUMNI SERVICEAWARD MEDAL, (1933). 59 x 95mm. Bronze. Albert d’Andrea,Sc. (MACO). XF/AU. Obverse: View of the front of the Gothic1487. ROCKEFELLER CENTER MEDAL, ND. 69.9mm. Bronze.Unsigned. Struck by the International Silver Co. Choice Unc. Obv:An art deco style partial view of Rockefeller Center with cloudsand a radiant sun behind the buildings. Above is the legend,ROCKEFELLER CENTER. The reverse presents a depiction ofLee Lawrie’s “Wisdom” in the clouds holding dividers. Within thedividers is inscribed: WISDOM AND/ KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE/THE STABILITY/ OF THY TIMES, Wisdom appears above thecentral door of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Lawrie’s monumental stoneand glass sculpture. This image was inspired by Wm. Blakes’engraving of Jehovah. The reverse inscription is based uponIsaiah 33:6.This medal was first offered for sale in the January 1936 issueof The Numismatist. It was available in two versions” a polishedbronze at $1.25 (as offered here) and a gilded bronze for $1.50.An edition limit of 500 medals was announced. (F)H204