Show off your Badges with suspended Medals

Broadstruck

I usually shy away from anything that's been holed for suspension, let alone with a ribbon and a pin bar.

This 38mm diameter white metal 1895 medal was so pristine I had a change of heart.

Flatwoods

I always shy away from the holed ones too. Now you have me thinking about the reason why.
I'm not sure if they just don't appeal to me or if we have been brainwashed to think holes are bad.

Hhhmmmm... Either way, that is a very nice medal.

Oh yeah. I have nothing to show for the reasons listed above.

Broadstruck

<< <i>I always shy away from the holed ones too. Now you have me thinking about the reason why.
I'm not sure if they just don't appeal to me or if we have been brainwashed to think holes are bad.

Hhhmmmm... Either way, that is a very nice medal.

Oh yeah. I have nothing to show for the reasons listed above. >>



There's Hard Times Tokens which only come holed I have never purchased as I keep looking at the hole as a defect.

This is the only other medal I've ever bought and kept as the hole is in the rim and there's no design loss.

1840 William Henry Harrison, Bunker Hill Jubilee Presidential Campaign Medal, DeWitt-WHH-1840-4 / Satterlee-71, 43mm Diameter, White Metal.

One of the original 1840 issued medals worn as a badge during the Bunker Hill dedication celebration. This was one of the first political medals struck by Boston medalists Francis N. Mitchell. All of the originals are seen holed for suspension directly on the rim above the N in Henry. Already considered scarce in 1862 by Alfred H. Satterlee and by W. Elliott Woodward who offered a so called original tin in poor condition in May of 1863. The dies of this Harrison medal just as the obverse Henry Clay DeWitt HC-1844-4/ Satterlee-126 cut by Mitchell were obtained by New York die-sinker George Hampton Lovett who issued proof re-strikes circa 1860 in copper, silver, and white metal medal types. The example below as far as strike, proof-like surface reflectivity, and tin pest oxidation betters the finest in the John J. Ford, Jr's sale earlier Wayte Raymond obtained through the purchase of Fredrick C. C. Boyd's collection.

DaveWcoins

<< <i>I usually shy away from anything that's been holed for suspension, let alone with a ribbon and a pin bar.

This 38mm diameter white metal 1895 medal was so pristine I had a change of heart.



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Beautiful medal, Broadstruck.

Broadstruck

Thanks Flatwoods & DaveWcoins

BillJones

Many people think that the first official presidential inaugural medal was this piece, which was issued for William McKinley in 1901. The first one was actually issued for Benjamin Harrison in 1889 according to the authority on the subject, H. Joe Levine.




I don't have a picture handy of that one, but here is the 1897 McKinley medal with its ribbon. Although Broadstruck might not like ribbons and holes, it's not a good idea to buy this piece without the ribbon or a ribbon that is in bad shape. It lowers the value of the piece considerably.



Obverse detail



Reverse detail

UtahCoin

Here ya go.



Link

Flatwoods

Great medal, BillJones. While I know nothing about the inaugural medals as a series, I do know what I like in a medal.
That medal has a great design.

BG

cucamongacoin

coinkat

I thought the Cleveland inaugural from 1885 was the first... but Joe knows this subject better than I do

claychaser

This one has a ribbon, but I do not have a with it:

SeattleSlammer

Broadstruck, that's neat, even the pinback is rainbow toned...very classy looking piece altogether.

ricko

Really nice medals. I have not collected medals (except for one, an Army medal from the Indian wars) and as I reflect on it, the main reason was the holes. The Army medal does not have a hole... Cheers, RickO