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HOSPITAL SHIP S. S. MAINE MEDALLION 12 years 6 months ago #4209

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TITLE: HOSPITAL SHIP S.S. MAINE MEDALLION

METAL: SILVER, WHITE METAL

NAMED: NONE

SIZE: 44.2 mm

HERN'S CATALOGUE NUMBER: 58
HIBBARD'S CATALOGUE NUMBER: NOT APPLICABLE
GEORGE A. BROWN PAGE: NOT APPLICABLE

CASED: HAS BEEN SEEN CASED

CLASSIFICATION: TRIBUTE / FUND RAISING MEDALLION

DESIGNER: UNKNOWN

OBVERSE: CENTRAL RAISED LIFE RING WITH NAME S.S.MAINE, WITH CROSSED UNION FLAG AND AMERICAN FLAG, IN CENTER, FOR THE / AMERICAN LADIES / HOSPITAL SHIP FUND / CHAIRMAN LADY R. CHURCHILL / HON. SEC. MRS. A. BLOW / HON. TRES. MRS. ROWLANDS, AROUND EDGE FITTED AS HOSPITAL SHIP BY MESSERS FLETCHER SON & FEARNALL LTD. LONDON


REVERSE: CENTRAL RAISED FIGURE OF STEAM SHIP WITH NAME OF MAINE ON BOW, ABOVE S.S. MAINE, BELOW BERNARD M. BAKER ESQ., 1899 AROUND EDGE LENT TO BRITISH GOVT. FOR USE IN TRANSVAAL WAR BY PRES. OF ATLANTIC TRANSPORT COY.




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