World's Champions medal ID help

vwtdi

I posted this on the Net54 board but looking for help anywhere I can get it.

OK....fun stuff today. Its guessing time. Heres a close up of that "Jimmy Sheckard" medal.

"Worlds Champions medal"


Looking for ideas. I can't figure out whats in the middle (globe to the left side, but on the right....almost looks like a winged foot)?. The layering in the wings at the top sort of resemble the feather layering on the foot wing (if it is one). The bottom clearly shows a home plate with maybe a foot on it, crossed bats and a ball below. Wondering what everyone else thinks about anything on the medal?

Also...the wording "World's Champions" in quotes with the apostrophe. Is this the wording other medals of the period used? I'm unable to find any pictures of others on the net and hate going through my auction catalog library a page at a time. Does anyone collect these or have any examples? I did find reference to the photogragrapher (Charles Walinger) and he worked in the time frame of 1911-on as a portrait photographer in Chicago.

Open to any suggestions as to how to ID this medal.

I also understand Marshall Fogel has an extensive photo collection. I was hoping he may be able positively to ID this photo of the person wearing the medal. Here that is....

Walinger Studio photo Chicago IL

thanks, Keith

fsjeter

Looks like a full leg with wings at the ankle area to me as well. I'll see if I can't dig up more info.

Scott

fsjeter

I may be wrong but it looks like it could be a photo of "Happy" Felsch wearing a 1917 Chicago White Sox World's Champions Medal.

Scott