Price
$450.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Very Fine. Slightly toned.
Size
76mm
Rare. The official medal of the George Washington Bicentennial in Silver. 76mm. Laura Gardin Frazer sculptor. 8 ounces silver. Not often seen outside of the Mount Vernon and Cornell museum collec tions. Original.
The January 1934 issue of the Numimatist described the medal the following way:
"Washington, Under bust, in small letters, Laura Gardin Fraser, Sculptor. Below in a straight line, 1782, 1932 separated by the Washington coat-of-arms. Reverse, figure of Liberty holding a torch in her uplifted right hand and a sheathed sword in her left hand. Above, to the left of the figure an eagle with outspread wings, and above, 13 stars grouped in two lines. Straight across lower half of medal in two lines separated by the figure, Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land. The reverse also shows that the eagle is perched atop a fasces."
From the Dan Hansen Collection
$450.00
used
Very Fine. Slightly toned.
76mm