US steel years of service medallions

Kkathyl

Was going through some really old items and found these years of service metals from a great great great Aunt and it was her fathers so Pretty old. Thought I would share as the details are wonderful

PRECIOUSMENTAL

Very nice, great piece of family history.

Kkathyl

thank you. He passed in the 60's I believe at age 76 so it must be around 60 years old atleast

TomB

These are pretty cool. It appears they were designed by Julio Kilenyi, who was a well-known and quite active sculptor in the early-to-mid twentieth century. Possibly my favorite work by Kilenyi is his 1937 Lincoln Tunnel Dedication medal though his 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games work is quite well known, too. Your pieces also appear to have been struck by Whitehead & Hoag and this was a major corporate player in the button, advertising and medallion field from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Unfortunately, it is my understanding that when W&H was bought out by a competitor in the late-1950s that the competitor destroyed all of the records and dies that had been retained by W&H. Thus, 60+ years of button, advertising and medallion history was scattered and lost.

ricko

Great pieces of family history.... and the medals are nicely done. Cheers, RickO

asheland

Very nice medals!

ECHOES

Nice

TwoSides2aCoin

X marks the spot.

Inside joke

GRANDAM

Nice Medal