Bronze Medal-book of Joan of Arc, New York City, NY. 1909.999.142

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 70

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal-book

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1915
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze
• Shape: Round

• Authority

  • Artist: Newman, Allen George
  • Issuer: Circle of Friends of the Medallion
  • Maker: Medallic Art Company

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States

• Obverse

  • Portrait: Joan of Arc

References

• Reference: Noble.223ff.
• Reference: Alexander.2010.12

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1909.999.142
• Lot: 1909.999
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Medallic Art Co. returned for this final COF medal, the obverse prone to discoloration. Medal is bound in a beige hardcover book. The introductory essay by Charles de Kay is filled with flaming pro-Allied propaganda, in which the English and Burgundian slayers of Joan imperceptibly become the Germans of 1914. This partiality may have been a factor in the sudden death of COF in 1915.

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined