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Auction: 336 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1189

A Varied Collection of Presidential, Medical and Other Mostly Bronze Medals. Presidential medals: 3" bronze - Abraham Lincoln; Franklin Roosevelt; James Buchanan, these three by Medallic Arts; Grover Cleveland; Ulysses S. Grant. Smaller Presidential medals: George Washington 50mm; Franklin Roosevelt 1933 "Lucky Tillicum" 27mm(15) and 30mm. An assortment of 3" bronze science and medical medals: Walter Reed; William Crawford Gorgas; Dr. Thomas Dooley; Joseph Pancoast; Dr. Jonas Salk, William Thomas Green Morton. Additional bronze medals - science, medical and related: David Hosack, M.D. 35mm; Science 40mm.(2); Henry G. Bryant Geographical Society 45mm. High Relief Belskie Medical / Science Series 45mm. bronze medals: Scheele, Harvey; Withering; Vesalius; Paracelsus; Leeuwenhoek; Hippocrates; Addison; Hunter; Maimonides; Boerhaave; Dioscorides; Rush; Pergamum; Syydenham; Morgagni; Lavoisier; Pare; Larrey; Louis; Graves; Scarpa; Bright; Jenner; Pinel. A Selection of mostly bronze sporting medals, 30-50 mm for the most part, unawarded unless otherwise mentioned: Amateur Athletic Union 1938; World's Weightlifting Championships 1947(3); Philadelphia Swimming Club(2) "Huss Mile 1932", "Huss Mile 1939." YMCA Swimming Medals(2); Pennsylvania Amateur State Championship(2), one is sterling; Philadelphia Inquirer Diamond Belt Championship 1938 (boxing); National Rifle Association; Grosse Point Checkers Championship 1926; Medals relating to other subjects: Leopold II King of Belgium 1895 Fetes du Quartier Notre-Dame aux Neiges 50mm; Republique Francaise Fete du Boulevard de la Villette 1884 58mm; Beethoven 65mm. Plaque by Staisny; Similar, Mozart; Compagnie Generale Transatlantique 1932 68mm. American Bureau of Shipping 50 mm; First National Bank of Philadelphia 1928 65mm(2); Two Centuries of Liberty Peace Progress Longines Sterling Silver 45mm; 1977 silver 38mm. horoscope, Cancer; John Wanamaker Children's Drawing 1931 38mm; Our Lady of Czestochowa; Williamson Free School Mechanics and Trade decoration; 1952 Carolus III facsimile of an 8 Reales; Gulf Oil membership medal; Franklin Institute 1938 Dupont Chemicals Electroplating Division 70mm plaque; Dupont safety award 35mm Sterling; Franklin Mint 25mm medals(2) mounted on cards. Also included is a 7 1/4" x 11" high relief plaque, copper with pot metal fill, unmarked, but probably 19th century, featuring a tall pioneer woman with a child.

Sold for
$280

Sale 336 Notices
New estimate $450-550.