hhbooker2 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share #276 Posted November 10, 2008 Unknown Medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share #277 Posted November 10, 2008 Unknown Medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share #278 Posted November 11, 2008 Here is another unknown post-WW1 medal with the gilt mostly worn off to reveal the base metal used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfireguy Posted August 19, 2009 Share #279 Posted August 19, 2009 VFW Cootie ribbon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted September 1, 2009 Share #280 Posted September 1, 2009 #272 is Masonic- #276 is a very nice , older strike of the SAR members' badge (SAR=Sons of the American Revolution). It should be numbered upon the edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted September 19, 2009 Share #281 Posted September 19, 2009 I think # 278 is the unofficial WW1 victory medal sold @ November 1918 -early 1920 to doughboys (by the ribbon). The Federal WW1 victory medals were handed out starting in late 1919 and a lot of the guys wanted something to wear before that time. In Maine for example, the Governor empowered the local Legion and VFW to ensure that medals were presented to deserving vets on Armistice Day, 1920. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barker944 Posted September 20, 2009 Share #282 Posted September 20, 2009 #277-278 are the so-called Spicer Simpson Medals (after the designer/sculpter). They were orignally made as a fund raising piece for war relief. I've seen them in bronze and silver and with a variety of different ribbons. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted September 20, 2009 Share #283 Posted September 20, 2009 Really???! :thumbsup: There was one of these on a new yellow ribbon on eBay yesterday. I have seen the multicolored/striped ribbon on old WW1 vets ribbon bars as an unofficial pre 1919 Victory medal. I ahve never actually seen the medal. Was the multicolored ribbon the original Spicer ribbon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barker944 Posted September 21, 2009 Share #284 Posted September 21, 2009 I've seen several on the multicolored Allied ribbon but don't know if it was the original. I've also seen it on a pale blue ribbon and a red-white-blue tricolored ribbon. Interestingly, I've seen the obverse and reverse of this medal used on other medals with different sides even blank reverses. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted September 21, 2009 Share #285 Posted September 21, 2009 REALLYY!!?? :think: This gets even more interesting. Blank reverses? :pinch: What were they using them for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barker944 Posted September 23, 2009 Share #286 Posted September 23, 2009 Not a clue. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Grunt Posted February 21, 2011 Share #287 Posted February 21, 2011 The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Medal Unknown Medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted May 16, 2021 Share #288 Posted May 16, 2021 nope. mystery solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted May 16, 2021 Share #289 Posted May 16, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted May 16, 2021 Share #290 Posted May 16, 2021 Finally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted May 16, 2021 Share #291 Posted May 16, 2021 Some things are worth waiting for. Now it's just practically unknown but still not easy to find. Wonder how many were struck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertmedals Posted May 16, 2021 Share #292 Posted May 16, 2021 2 hours ago, JMcCulloch said: These were struck by the Gorham Company. Photos of one still in the box are below. The explanatory paper was folded up in the box. There were several different strikings. Picture below shows 2 side-by-side to compare the differences. The date on the reverse in Roman Numerals is the date the US declared war (April 6, 1917). I have a seen undated versions but I don't a picture of one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertmedals Posted May 16, 2021 Share #293 Posted May 16, 2021 On 9/21/2009 at 5:52 AM, barker944 said: I've seen several on the multicolored Allied ribbon but don't know if it was the original. I've also seen it on a pale blue ribbon and a red-white-blue tricolored ribbon. Interestingly, I've seen the obverse and reverse of this medal used on other medals with different sides even blank reverses. Jim Most with blank reverses I have seen were for Allied Relief as well. Here are some pictures of a blank reverse one with the explanatory note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertmedals Posted May 16, 2021 Share #294 Posted May 16, 2021 On 9/21/2009 at 2:43 PM, JMcCulloch said: REALLYY!!?? :think: This gets even more interesting. Blank reverses? :pinch: What were they using them for? Here is another with the same obverse but with the reverse for the New England Branch of the American Fund for French Wounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertmedals Posted May 16, 2021 Share #295 Posted May 16, 2021 Almost forgot regarding post #293, I have also seen some of these medals for Allied Relief with the words "Allied Relief" inside a box on the reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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