More Photos added Pan-Am Award medal display
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I don't know what I have here. They are 63.7mm like the real award medals but are uniface with a bole attached to the rear to be mounted. I mounted them on a walnut plaque to show them. Any speculation as to what they are or were used for. My guess is that they were used to show what the medals were to look like. I think they are neat regardless.
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Not sure what they were for, but I like them. The Pan-American expo was definitely historical, unfortunately because President McKinley was assassinated there. I just acquired this ticket stub from it at the TNA coin show in Texas this last weekend:
I think everything shown in this thread is spectacular!
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Very, very nice medals and display.... Probably gold plated, any idea what the base metal is? Cheers, RickO
Shot in the dark but could they have been worn on the front of a bus cap?
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They are in much better condition than I would expect to see. Large items like that pick up damage easily and those seem to have little or none.
Many of the awardees at these large expositions had their medals replicated in various forms, either for display or advertising. It was a very common practice. That’s what I believe this piece to be (so, I don’t think it is an original produced by Gorham.) And it’s a well-crafted and well- preserved specimen at that, obviously intended to be mounted.
I don’t know why the engraving space is blank though.
Super cool pair!
I don't necessarily subscribe to this theory, but based on the picture of the back side I wonder if they are electrotypes (which are typically a copper electroplated shell filled with lead). So this could be two halves of such a shell.
Thanks for the comments. I don't know what they are either. It's all speculation as to when they were made and for what purpose. Here are real Pan-Am medals I have to add to this.
Added some photos
Something about this medal in bronze is super eye appealing! Nice specimens!