Wharfmaster Posted May 12, 2019 Share #1 Posted May 12, 2019 Picked up this boxed crimp brooch Indian Wars Campaign not long ago. What do you think, US Mint or contract strike ? Thanks, Wharf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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atb Posted May 12, 2019 Share #4 Posted May 12, 2019 Are there any Maker's Mark on the rim edge? I have a 1960's US government contracted example in a blue box and it is marked "Medalic Art." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMcollector Posted May 12, 2019 Share #5 Posted May 12, 2019 A U.S. mint example would be numbered with a No. or M.No. Prefix. It would also have a cut in the planchette ring like all WWII & earlier U.S. Mint strikes. The Mint did not make or issue any unnumbered examples. Later contracts by consolidated Jewelers & Northers Stamping made Indian Wars medals in the unprefixed range of 2001-2228. Northern Stamping also made un-Numbered examples in the 1930s-1940s. From the pictures of this medal I would speculate this is a George W. Studley/Davidson planchette later put onto a ribbon bar backing. (Its not a medal brooch, the cut out spot in the ribbon bar backing is for devices). How is the back? Is it centered? Or off to one side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted May 14, 2019 Thanks guys. The edge is unmarked and the back is more or less centered. Wharf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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