Medallic Art Company (Maco) Medals

Excellent pair!

Michael Lantz uses interesting lettering designs on his medals. . .

Sylvanus Thayer - Joseph Kiselewski Designer/Sculptor



Thayer (1785-1872), a graduate of the Military Academy at West Point, served in the US Army within its Corps of Engineers where he achieved the rank of Major. He was appointed as the 5th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy in 1817; he was appointed by President James Monroe. His reorganization of the Academy's curriculum made West Point into the first College of Engineering in the United States and earned him the nickname/title of "Father of the Military Academy."


For a related discussion, see:

- 1952 West Point Sesquicentennial Medal

Great looking medallion, dar.

Alaska Statehood Progression Set.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. - Joseph Kiselewski Designer/Sculptor




For 29 years, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. served as an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. He was a staunch supporter of the right to free speech as protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution,

Walter Reed - Abram Belskie Designer/Sculptor



Reed (1851-1902) was a US Army surgeon who is most remembered for the discovery of the cause of yellow fever - female Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes; Major Reed was the Chairman of a four-member team of infectious disease specialists who conducted the groundbreaking research beginning in 1900.

Not that I'm aware of, but It would be great if someone knew about one and shared the info!

The American Numismatic Society has a MACO Archives page from which you can access PDF files that illustrate many of the hundreds of medals produced by MACO over the years - but the listings do not include mintage figures.