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Medal

Object NameMedal

Artist / Maker Christian Petersen (Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)

Manufacturer Chas. M. Robbins Company (American, 1892 - 1963)

Dateafter 1912-1914

MediumBronze

Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 in. (4.1 × 2.5 cm)

ClassificationsMedals, Medallions, and Coins

Credit LinePurchased by University Museums. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberUM2024.197

Status

Not on view

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Label TextMedal featuring a woman holding a torch in one hand, a laurel leaf in the other. A bird (griffin) with spread wings in the lower left corner. Made for Robbins Co., Attleboro, MA after 1912.

Published ReferencesAdvertised in the Robbins Co. catalogue The Robbins Company formerly the Chas. M. Robbins Co. (parts I-III) n.d. 1912 and after. Catalogue held in the Robbins Co. archives, Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, Attleboro, MA. Used as American Legion Medal with added symbol above griffin. Possibly an early version of the 1934 Veterans of Foreign Wars Medal for Lawrence, MA cast by Robbins Co. Also seen as a pendant on two occasions, one in silver with "JFC" and "LIFE PASS" another with SFAL and with top 1/4 of medal removed. Iteration 2: Advertised in Trophies The Robbins Company, n.d. after 1923. Adapted for a design for the Third Corps Area / United States Army. Awarded to a baseball team from the Citizens’ Military Training Camps. Iteration 3: Advertised in Trophies The Robbins Company, n.d. after 1923. Adapted for a variation design of Woman w/ Palm Branch (has sunset) – West Park Image: Transmission (Northern Natural Gas Co.), Vol. VIII No. 2, 1960.

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