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Catskill Aqueduct Completion - 1917 - New York City, NY
Medal is smaller replica of three-inch Official Medal; latter authorized by Medal subcommittee of Mayor’s Catskill Aqueduct Celebration Committee; issued by American Numismatic Society; designed and modeled by Daniel Chester French, sculptor. Official Medal was subscription issue, not struck but cast, limited to 12 Silver and 57 Bronze pieces. Society "had no association" with striking of these replicas by Medallic Art Co.; issuer and number struck not known but today medal is rare.
Obverse: Female head, in high relief, facing r. (symbolic head of Greater New York); beneath neck, microscopic D C F; beaded border.
Reverse: Full figure of youthful nude male facing l., standing erect, resting on l. shoulder is classic vase from which gush waters of new aqueduct; figure divides lettering, across in 5 lines, To Commemorate the Completion / of the Catskill Aqueduct / An Achievement of Civic Spirit / Scientific Genius and Faithful Labor / 1905 New York 1917. (No beaded border.)
HK-667 - Bronze. On edge, Medallic Art Co. N. Y. Size 24.
 
Image provided by Jonathan Brecher
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