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APPLETON, FRANCIS HENRY (1847

Ob. FIRST IN. PUNCTUALITY INDUSTRY. AND . DECORUM /

Arms of Massachusetts.

Rx. In wreath, PRESENTED BY / GEN. FRANCIS H. APPLETON / TO THE TOWN OF / PEABODY / ESSEX COUNTY, MASS / 1 MAY 1899. 38 mm. Bronze. Plate XXXI.

APPLETON, SAMUEL (1766-1853)

† 1866

Ob. SAMUEL APPLETON / MDCCCXLV Bust to left. Signed, MITCH

ELL F.

Rx. MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY In exergue, a flower. 41 mm. Bronze. Plate XXXI.

BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816-1894)

† 1867

Ob. N. P. BANKS MAJ. GEN. U. s. A. Head to right.
Rx. Plain. 33 mm. Silver.

† 1868

BARTLETT, WILLIAM FRANCIS (1840-1876)

Ob. COL. W. F. BARTLETT / COMMANDER Bust two-thirds to left. Rx. PLAINE'S STORE / MAY 21 1863 / FIRST ASSAULT & SECOND ASSAULT / MAY 27, 1863 JAN. 14. / PORT HUDSON / JULY 1. 1863 / SURRENDER / DONALDSONVILLE / JULY 13. 1863 33 mm. Copper. Bar Two tablets with BERKSHIRE COUNTY and 1862-1863 This was struck for the 49th Mass. Regiment.

BARTON, CLARA (1830-1912)

† 1869

Ob. On medallion bust to left. On arms of cross, upper, HER BIRTH PLACE over a building; on left arm, PUBLIC / LIBRARY over building; on right arm, UNIV. CHURCH / 1792 over building; on lower arm, CLARA BARTON / THE WORLD'S / GREATEST NURSE

Rx. In central medallion, TOWN OF OXFORD / ✶✶ ✶* MASS * * * with in field, laurel / INCORPORATED / 1713 / laurel. On upper arm of cross, 200th ANNIVERSARY; on left arm, 1713; on right arm, 1913; on lower arm, OXFORD /. MASS. A cross with central medallion. Composition. By Whitehead & Hoag Co. † 1870

BIGELOW, HENRY JACOB (1818-1890)

Ob. On raised rim, HENRY JACOB BIGELOW /— 1818–1890 Bust to left. Signed VDB [Brenner]

FOVNDED

Rx. On raised rim, THE BOSTON SVRGICAL SOCIETY 1914 In field, awarded to / tablet for name / FOR CONTRIBVTIONS / TO THE / ADVANCEMENT OF / SVRGERY 76 mm. Gold. Bronze. By Medallic Art Co. First issued in 1921. † 1871

Ob. In a gold star resting on United States flags surmounted by eagle a circle in which in white, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC / . DENVER. 1905. In centre a bronze medallion with bust of Blackmar to left.

Rx. Plain. By Whitehead Hoag Co. Badge as Commander in chief, G. A. R. It hangs from clasp with, in three compartments, scenes of CATTLE MINING FARMING This clasp hangs from another clasp on which a bucking horse with, in field, G A R in red, blue and white. Between these two bars is a third with, DELEGATE † 1872

BOWDOIN, JAMES (1726-1790) Ob. JACOBVS BOWDOIN ARMIG. A[cademiae]. A[mericanae]. PRAES s[ocius]. R[egiae]. s[ocietatis]. LLD. REIP. MASS. GVB. Bust to left. Below, NATVS A.D. MDCCXXVI / MORTVVS A.D. MDCCXC Rx. In wreath of oak and laurel, SENATVS / ACADEMICVS / CANTABRIGIENSIS / EX TESTAMENTO V. C. / JACOBI BOWDOIN / HAEC PRAEMIA / BENE MERENTI. 47 mm. Copper gilt. Pewter. Harvard prize. Plate XXXI.

BOYLSTON, WARD NICHOLAS (1744-1828) ·

†† 1873

Ob. * WARD NICHOLAS BOYLSTON * / ELOQUENTIÆ FAUTOR Bust to right. Below, NAT. MDCCXLIV. MORT. MDCCCXXVIII. Signed,

MITCHELL SC.

Rx. In wreath, SENATUS / ACADEMICUS / CANTABRIGIENSIS / EX TESTAMENTO / W. N. BOYLSTON / HOC PRAEMIUM / BENE MERENTI Legend, ACTIO ORATIONIS LUMEN 38 mm. White metal. Thick and thin planchets. Plate XXXIV.

†† 1874

Ob. W. N. BOYLSTON SCHOLÆ MEDICINÆ FUNDATOR rosette. Bust to left. Signed, W. WYON SC.

Rx. Plain. 45 mm. Bronze. Gilt. Tin. Medal of Harvard Medical School. Plate XXXI.

† 1875

Ob. W. N. BOYLSTON SCHOLÆ MEDICINÆ FAUTOR rosette Bust to left. Signed, w. WYON SC.

Rx. Plain. On rim, MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. incused. 45 mm. Bronze. The first Boylston medal of the Harvard Medical School was discontinued many years ago, perhaps because FUNDATOR gave the incorrect impression that he was the founder of the school. The medal was revived in 1915 with FAUTOR in place of † 1876

FUNDATOR.

BRADY, ANTHONY NICHOLAS (1843-1913)

Ob. ANTHONY NICHOLAS . BRADY. MEMORIAL. MEDAL. Bust facing. Below, AMERICAN MUSEUM / OF SAFETY 1914 In field, lantern and emblem of safety.

Rx. AWARDED/TO/ HENRY VINTON NEAL / MECHANIC / BOSTON ELEVATED RAILROAD CO / FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY / AND SANITATION ON ELECTRIC / STREET RAILWAYS OF THE / UNITED STATES / 1914 77 mm. Bronze. Signed TIFFANY & CO On edge 1877

BRONZE

Ob. As last.

Rx. AWARDED / TO THE / HONORABLE / RUSSELL A. SEARS / GENERAL ATTORNEY / as last.

BRAMHALL.

Ob. BRAMHALL'S REPUBLICAN TOKEN

1878

Rx.? 38 mm. Brass. Probably a Lincoln medal.

1879

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN (1794-1878)

Ob. In highly ornamented border with BRYANT above, the bust of poet to right. From the bust the names of his poems radiate in field.

Rx. Plain. By Beck.

BULFINCH, CHARLES (1763-1844)

1880

Ob. Façade of building in high relief. Below, THIS MEDAL ENTITLES CHARLES BULFINCH, ESQ / TO A SEAT IN THE BOSTON THEATRE DURING LIFE: / BENEFIT NIGHTS EXCLUDED.

Rx. PRESENTED BY THE PROPRIETORS / OF THE BOSTON THEATRE / TO CHARLES BULFINCH, ESQ / FOR HIS UNREMITTED AND LIBERAL ATTENTION / TO THE PLAN AND EXECUTION OF / THAT BUILDING; / THE ELEGANCE OF WHICH IS THE BEST EVIDENCE OF HIS / TASTE AND TALENTS. 64 mm. Gold. Both sides all engraved. Plate XXXI. 1881

Ob. TO GENERAL BUTLER AND THE BOYS OF MASSACHUSETTS

BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)

Rx.

Brass. Shieldshaped.

CARNEY, JAMES G.

1882

Ob. JAMES G. CARNEY / « TO THE LOWELL SCHOOLS * On garter, GET WISDOM. GET UNDERSTANDING In field a lamp.

Rx. THE FEAR OF GOD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. In field, a rose / PRESENTED / TO / FOR / EXCELLENCE OF / CHARACTER / AND / SCHOLARSHIP., 28 mm. Bronze.

CAVELL, EDITH

† 1883

Ob. * EDITH ✶ CAVELL * MEMORIAL Female seated to left supporting head of wounded soldier.

Rx. Plain. On rim, A. H. ATKINS. MCMXVI incused. 47 mm. Silver. Bronze. Medal hangs from bronze spread eagle, with on breast shield of Red Cross. Eagle stands on tablet for name. Founded by a Boston Committee in memory of the English nurse, Edith Cavell, shot by order of von Bissing in Belgium, in 1915. Plate XXXIV.

CHADWICK, JAMES READ (1844-1905)

† 1884

Ob. Bust to left. Above and to right MD CCc xc VII Behind neck, R E B [Brooks]

Rx. Plain. 175 mm. Bronze. Only two struck.

As last, but 44 mm. Gold bronze. Cast.

CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY (1780-1843)

1885 1886

Ob. WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING D. D. Naked bust to right. Rx. Plain. 44 mm. Silver. This medal was originally intended as a prize medal of the University of Glasgow. I believe it was never so used. Mr. Henry W. Holland had 25 of them struck and the dies destroyed.

† 1887 There exists also of Channing the "rejected design.” I have not found a description.

CHAPIN, SAMUEL. SETTLED AGAWAM IN 1641.
Ob. Statue by St. Gaudens at Springfield.

1888

Rx. Torch on label marked 1636 1911 In field, 275th / ANNIVERSARY / SPRINGFIELD, MASS / laurels. 37 mm. White metal. By Whitehead Hoag Co.

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