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Description
Washington 1932 Birth Bicentennial items. Including:
(1) Official George Washington Bicentennial Commission medal, Unc. Bronze. 56 mm. Rulau-Fuld 900C. These medals were Mint List medals, duplicates of the somewhat larger (76 mm) medals employed by the Bicentennial Commission as prizes in educational contests nationwide. Designed by Laura Gardin Fraser, who won a national medal design competition for the honor, this is one of her most successful and popular medals. Obverse: military bust of Washington facing left. Reverse: Liberty and eagle on the prow of the ship of state holding aloft a sword and a torch.
(2) Another as the last. Official Bicentennial Commission medal, AU. Bronze. 56 mm. Rulau-Fuld 900C.
(3) 1932 Friendship Fire Co., Alexandria, Virginia medal suspended from Lancaster, Pa. Fob by red silk ribbon, Unc. Bronze. 33 mm x 114 mm. Rulau-Fuld A912.
(4) 1932 City of Green Bay, Wisconsin medal, AU. Silvered copper. 38 mm. Rulau-Fuld 940A.
5) 1932 City of New York, second obverse medal, Red and Brown Unc. Copper. Octagonal. 25 mm. Rulau-Fuld 947B.
(6) 1932 S. M. Spencer storecard, BU. 31 mm. Gilt. R.7. Catalogs $55 in Unc.
(7) 1932 Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania medal, BU. Bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld 912. Catalogs $40 in Unc.
(8) Another as the last. 1932 Fort Necessity medal, BU. Golden bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld 912A.
(9) 1932 Washington's Birthplace Wakefield Restored medal, Unc. Bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld 925.
(10) Another as the last, 1932 Wakefield Restored medal, Fine-VF. Bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld 925. Evidently dug from the ground.
(11) Another as the last, 1932 Wakefield Restored medal, BU. Gilt bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld 925A.
(12-14) Three more as the last. Wakefield Restored medal, BU. Gilt bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld 925A.
(15) Another as the last. Wakefield Restored medal, BU but holed for suspension by a RWB ribbon. Gilt bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld 925A.
(16) Another related to the last but with Valley Forge reverse muling, BU. Gilt bronze. 32 mm.
(17) Another similar to the last but with no legend or dates on the obverse, muled with the Valley Forge reverse. Gilt. 32 mm.
(18) 1932 Bastien Brothers Washington Bicentennial obverse uniface, BU, but holed for suspension. Gilt. 32 mm. Type of Rulau-Fuld 918.
(19) 1932 Alexandria, Virginia Masonic National Memorial medal, BU. Gilt copper. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld B909.
(20) 1932 Fredericksburg Lodge medal, Unc. Bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld A906.
(21) 1932 Washington Military Tournament medal, BU. Gilt bronze. 32 mm. Type of Rulau-Fuld 937, but unlisted in this metal.
(22) 1932 Michigan Mutual Liability Co. storecard, XF. Bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld A719.
(23) 1932 Washington National Insurance Co. storecard, BU. Gilt bronze. 32 mm. Rulau-Fuld 792.
Auction Info
2001 February Long Beach Signature Sale #248 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
February, 2001
22nd-24th
Thursday-Saturday
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