11 minutes ago, bertmedals said:

I'll let you know.  I like the Newport News medal in particular because the Victory Arch on the obverse is still standing.  There are only a few of the town and county medals that feature buildings or other structures in their designs. 

 

Yes, I saw your post with a picture of the arch - great to see the feature on a medal in real life

8 hours ago, bertmedals said:

Maryland medals listed by Planck are: 

Anne Arundel County

Baltimore National Allied Exposition (an event medal, I believe)

Baltimore Nest No. 3, Order of the Orioles

Boonsboro (this may have been more of a welcome home badge as opposed to a medal)

Brunswick

Frostburg

Hyattsville

Thanks for the info on the Maryland Medals and for the stats on the Victor, NY medal. 30-50 medals made a hundred years ago... I wonder how many have actually survived..?

42 minutes ago, Basic Rifleman said:

Thanks for the info on the Maryland Medals and for the stats on the Victor, NY medal. 30-50 medals made a hundred years ago... I wonder how many have actually survived..?

I've seen one in 20+ years of collecting town and county medals -- the one that is currently listed on eBay.

On 10/6/2022 at 2:12 PM, Basic Rifleman said:

I couldn't find this one from Victor, New York anywhere in this 15-year-old thread (or anywhere else online for that matter). It's currently listed on eBay right now. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165706725214

 

I figured I'd post it here for posterity just in case it isn't purchased by a forum member.

 

 

On a side note, does anyone know if there's a list for WWI Maryland Service Medals or was there just the State Issued one as referenced in this thread?

 

 

It did go to a member in the end, that was me that bought the Victor, NY medal. It did seem like a once in a lifetime chance to get one.

Rob

 

 

 

On 11/2/2021 at 6:45 PM, BILL THE PATCH said:

Here's my one and only ww1 Fulton county NY medal in original box. Came with the service number on pink slip of paper and is the father of an AAF aerial gunner. I have his group and this was in it. Can anyone tell me by the service number what outfit he was in ? His last name should be Miller.

Bill,

 

Fulton County New York is a little ways North-West of Albany. I believe your medal is from the City of Fulton which is in Oswego County North of Syracuse.

Mike - A remarkable set of medals, sure to be the envy of many.  I've been at this now for about 3 years.  Started hodgepodge, then went to Massachusetts (my home state), physically moved to Connecticut, which has a very nice set of its medals in the State Library,   Decided I can't continue this, so now I pretty much just collect pictures!  So, I thank you for those.  I have both Small and Planck books.  I integrated them and have my own "book"  with some new pictures and still need some of those from Planck.  I really admire the work that went into these collections and descriptions.  Thanks again for your postings.  They are invaluable to me.  5 years USMC in the late 50s.  Never saw any action.  Served as Marine Guard in Pakistan.

Hi all,

 

Adding another to this great thread.

 

Dickson City, PA World War I Medal

 

Recently found this World War I medal awarded by Dickson City, PA. In Richard L. Planck’s book (State, County, City, and Organization Medals for World War One) it is Whitehead & Hoag Type 1A (WH1A) with “UNITED STATES FORCES” on the banderol and the “1917-1918” dates. The reverse reads: “PRESENTED BY THE PEOPLE OF DICKSON CITY, PA IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF PATROTIC SERVICES IN THE WORLD WAR.” Planck’s Appendix B (Medals reported to exist, but no confirming information) includes "Dickson". Have not found this medal documented elsewhere.

 

Dickson City is a borough in Lackawanna County a few mile s north of Scranton. In 1920, the population was 11,000. Dickson City presented medals to its veterans on 11 September 1919. An article in the August 25 issue of The Tribune (Scranton) mentions that “The Boy Scouts have volunteered to canvass the town and secure the names, rank, and organization of each man who saw service. The committee plans to present each man with a medal and is very desirous of securing the names so that all may be taken care of.” The number of medals to be awarded was not given but 263 veterans gave Dickson City as their place of birth when submitting their Pennsylvania compensation forms during the 1930s. The Dickson City War Memorial lists the names of five men who lost their lives in the Great War.

 

Best,

Jay

 

 

Jay,

Thanks for posting the Dickson City medal. That's another one you don't encounter very often so it's nice to see it.

Dennis

Dennis,

 

Thanks for your comments.

 

Jay

Here is a named and boxed example of the Orange County table medal and the accompanying oilcloth issue document from the Local Board in Santa Ana.

New to this forum - got the bug after reading an article on WWI Service Medals in Military Trader last year. Am amazed at some of the previous postings and appreciate all you guys have done to collect and preserve these for the future. Thought I’d share the odd one or two I have that haven’t been featured previously to hopefully get some more dialogue going!

 

Didn’t see this one mentioned above - it’s the City of Passaic NJ and this one is named to Albertis Den Bleyker. It was originally on eBay in a group, including his NJ state medal and his victory medal. I missed out on it (which happens a lot)! The following week however, the buyer had split up the set, was selling them individually, and was asking more for this one than the whole set had cost! Was disappointed to see it split up and to see the starting price for this one (which was still above my range). Kept watching it and after a couple of months it suddenly dropped to a number I was happy to pay so I grabbed it. I asked the seller if they still had the others in the original set (as they were harder to trace/recognize) but unfortunately the original grouping proved too hard to put back together. With this one named, I have a nice research project!

 

Anyone else seen or got this one?

Thanks

Alan

On 11/4/2021 at 10:25 AM, mikes militaria said:

       Connecticut:

 

   Top row:

       Town of Enfield,     CT State War Svc,     Town of Stratford,    City of Meridan,    Stafford,

              483                           56,881                          508                          1,432                 223

        

       Broad Brook,      Town of Windsor

             N/A                         231

 

    
    Second row:

          City of New Britain,      Town of West Hartford,     Town of Manchester,     City of Stamford,

                     2,443                                   17                                        757                          1,651

 

          Town of Vernon & City of Rockville,      Town of Berlin,       Winsted, Winchester

                                   367                                          132                               371

 

    Third row: 

          Town of Windham,       City of New Haven,       Town of Suffield,       Town of East Hartford,

                   569                                 6,696                             168                                 480

 

          Town of Putnam,      City of Shelton,     Town of Seymour

                   346                           390                          279

≠≠==============≠=====================================================

Mike - not sure if you’re still active or if anyone else can help me out. I’ve see the City of New Britain CT medal in this posting advertised as WWII! I’ve included a photo of the reverse (which isn’t specific) and have also seen it posted as below in a page dedicated to CT Great War Medals:

https://museumofcthistory.org/commerative-great-war-medals/

Can any members confirm that it is indeed WWI so I can look at adding it to my collection?

Thanks 

Alan

 

On 5/9/2022 at 11:10 AM, JimmyBerry2013 said:

Checking to see if anyone have any Masonic or KofC WW1 medals

Here is a Masonic medal in a group to Captain Robert Earl Stoops, USN Medical Corps. Captain Stoops served 40 years on active duty,  including service in Mexico, World War 1 and World War 2.

 

 

Norfolk, Nebraska medal. Belonged to my Great grandfather's brother, Frank Chamberlain, buried in France. He and his three brothers all served, including my great grandfather.

17 minutes ago, Regular122 said:

Norfolk, Nebraska medal. Belonged to my Great grandfather's brother, Frank Chamberlain, buried in France. He and his three brothers all served, including my great grandfather.

Thanks for posting that one. I know it's in the reference books but I've never seen an actual one "in the flesh" so to speak.

On 4/18/2026 at 12:59 AM, Regular122 said:

Norfolk, Nebraska medal. Belonged to my Great grandfather's brother, Frank Chamberlain, buried in France. He and his three brothers all served, including my great grandfather.

Lovely looking medal and in great condition too. Thanks for posting!

 

Many of you will be familiar with the Oneida County, NY National Army medal/fob. It is dated 1917 and presumably was presented to men who were drafted after the first draft registration day on June 5, 1917 and perhaps after subsequent registrations. This medal is listed and illustrated in Richard Planck's book and is listed in Small's. I recently purchased 2 examples of a different version of that medal.  This one is for "Volunteers" and dated August 1917. I have not been able to find and history about it. But you can imagine that the county realized the men (and women) who volunteered instead of being drafted should be recognized as well and the second version was thus established.

 

The volunteer version also uses the seal of the City of Utica and "Unundadages" instead of the New York State seal. Unundadages is the Mohawk Indian name for the city. Perhaps this indicates the City of Utica created the volunteer version independently.

 

Photos of both follow. The obverses are similar and the reverses of both are blank. There are no manufacturer marks that I can see. Several companies made medals in a similar style including Whitehead & Hoag.

 

Dennis

 

I believe we can all, honestly agree the now relatively Obsolete, although still somewhat relevant Planchet Press Publication by Richard Plank documenting the U.S. Locally Presented "WW1 Victory Medals" has been long needing an Update. I know that over the years a couple of similar Publications have appeared on the scene, yet to my knowledge, none even coming close to Plank's long ago Edition. I myself have since obtained a few Variants not included within the Original Edition, & or listed in 'Name' only, due to the Author not possessing an Example to Photograph. Perhaps what we need is for someone amongst us who happens to very Computer Savvy so to speak to compile & publish an Colorized, Online Edition which in my opinion would add immense impetus into that particular Collecting Field ? Well it's a thought anyways !! 

 

                     Best,      Dom P.

 

P.S.:  Just imagine having my particular Collecting Focus, the tiny little State of Rhode Island !! ( Ummm, Rhode what ?, Is that on Long Island, New York ? 😊 ) I'm still attempting to complete my Statewide Collection, & I only actually 'missed out' on just one, an eBay Auction for the small Local Enclave of 'Greystone', RI, & due to my darn Computer  buffering right at the very moment when it mattered !!! 

25 minutes ago, dpast32 said:

I believe we can all, honestly agree the now relatively Obsolete, although still somewhat relevant Planchet Press Publication by Richard Plank documenting the U.S. Locally Presented "WW1 Victory Medals" has been long needing an Update. I know that over the years a couple of similar Publications have appeared on the scene, yet to my knowledge, none even coming close to Plank's long ago Edition. I myself have since obtained a few Variants not included within the Original Edition, & or listed in 'Name' only, due to the Author not possessing an Example to Photograph. Perhaps what we need is for someone amongst us who happens to very Computer Savvy so to speak to compile & publish an Colorized, Online Edition which in my opinion would add immense impetus into that particular Collecting Field ? Well it's a thought anyways !! 

 

                     Best,      Dom P.

 

P.S.:  Just imagine having my particular Collecting Focus, the tiny little State of Rhode Island !! ( Ummm, Rhode what ?, Is that on Long Island, New York ? 😊 ) I'm still attempting to complete my Statewide Collection, & I only actually 'missed out' on just one, an eBay Auction for the small Local Enclave of 'Greystone', RI, & due to my darn Computer  buffering right at the very moment when it mattered !!! 

Dom,

I fully agree that an updated reference is needed. I wish I still had the energy and time to do that. Alas, the years have caught up with me. In the meantime, Planck's book remains my "bible", so to speak.

 

I do recall reading on the Forum a couple of years ago that someone has a new reference in the works.  As I recall, a request had gone out on the Forum for photos of some of the rarer medals as part of the research. 

Dennis

38 minutes ago, dpast32 said:

I believe we can all, honestly agree the now relatively Obsolete, although still somewhat relevant Planchet Press Publication by Richard Plank documenting the U.S. Locally Presented "WW1 Victory Medals" has been long needing an Update. I know that over the years a couple of similar Publications have appeared on the scene, yet to my knowledge, none even coming close to Plank's long ago Edition. I myself have since obtained a few Variants not included within the Original Edition, & or listed in 'Name' only, due to the Author not possessing an Example to Photograph. Perhaps what we need is for someone amongst us who happens to very Computer Savvy so to speak to compile & publish an Colorized, Online Edition which in my opinion would add immense impetus into that particular Collecting Field ? Well it's a thought anyways !! 

 

                     Best,      Dom P.

 

P.S.:  Just imagine having my particular Collecting Focus, the tiny little State of Rhode Island !! ( Ummm, Rhode what ?, Is that on Long Island, New York ? 😊 ) I'm still attempting to complete my Statewide Collection, & I only actually 'missed out' on just one, an eBay Auction for the small Local Enclave of 'Greystone', RI, & due to my darn Computer  buffering right at the very moment when it mattered !!! 

Dom - I would suspect that the future of this aspect of the hobby won't be in book form - I see a subscription based website that would include State, Local, and National Guard medals from the past and present with member input on new medal "Finds" - but I think that is at least 20 years or more into the future.

 

Bill

1 hour ago, bertmedals said:

Dom,

I fully agree that an updated reference is needed. I wish I still had the energy and time to do that. Alas, the years have caught up with me. In the meantime, Planck's book remains my "bible", so to speak.

 

I do recall reading on the Forum a couple of years ago that someone has a new reference in the works.  As I recall, a request had gone out on the Forum for photos of some of the rarer medals as part of the research. 

Dennis

 

Hi Dennis,

a few years ago  Jimmy Berry sent me a copy of his extensive list of these medals. I think at one point he may have been thinking of publishing a new book on the subject but the thought of all the work involved put him off! 

 

One suggestion I have is that we could do it within USMF and build reference pages between us. Perhaps starting a page for the state medals and then a separate page for each of the Town&County medals for each of the states and then asking for additional photos of any missing from other contributors. If we could all be strict and limit it to the photos and a little text, but no comments then could we use those pages as a reference library? I know that Jimmy also has loads of WWI service medals from organisations too and those could go on a separate page(s).

 

best wishes

Rob

 

 

 

On 11/2/2021 at 10:43 PM, bertmedals said:

My pleasure.  What I have labeled "York County" is frequently, in my opinion, misidentified as "Messick, VA".  The medal was presented by the "Women's Service League of Messick" but from my research, was presented to York County veterans. This was not an unusual occurance.  For example, there was recently an interesting post on the Forum about the Bethlehem, PA medal.  That medal was presented to all Bethlehem, PA vererans by the "Go Eddie Tobacco Fund".  A number of private and public organizations did this, usually soliciting funds for the medals then awarding them on behalf of the town, county, etc.  Messick is not actually a town in VA but is probably more accurately identified as a "populated place".  You can find some interesting information online on its status and history under Poquoson, VA.  There are a lot of dots to connect.

 

I have 5 Richmond medals in the case.  They are the 5 to the left of the Goochland County, and Frederick County and Winchester medals.  Three of the 5 are named including the one with the suspension rings cut off.

 

In my experience, putting together "complete" state collections of these medals takes persistence, impeccable timing, and a heck of a lot of luck.

 

DD

 

On 11/2/2021 at 10:43 PM, bertmedals said:

My pleasure.  What I have labeled "York County" is frequently, in my opinion, misidentified as "Messick, VA".  The medal was presented by the "Women's Service League of Messick" but from my research, was presented to York County veterans. This was not an unusual occurance.  For example, there was recently an interesting post on the Forum about the Bethlehem, PA medal.  That medal was presented to all Bethlehem, PA vererans by the "Go Eddie Tobacco Fund".  A number of private and public organizations did this, usually soliciting funds for the medals then awarding them on behalf of the town, county, etc.  Messick is not actually a town in VA but is probably more accurately identified as a "populated place".  You can find some interesting information online on its status and history under Poquoson, VA.  There are a lot of dots to connect.

 

I have 5 Richmond medals in the case.  They are the 5 to the left of the Goochland County, and Frederick County and Winchester medals.  Three of the 5 are named including the one with the suspension rings cut off.

 

In my experience, putting together "complete" state collections of these medals takes persistence, impeccable timing, and a heck of a lot of luck.

 

DD