A Continuing Thread ~ Post Your Tokens, Medals, Exonumia Acquisitions

Very strong graphic, Nice!

Here's a companion piece to the 1934 Maryland 300th Anniversary commemorative half dollar.

Baltimore-based artist/sculptor Hans Schuler was responsible for the coin as well as the official medal.

The obverse of the medal features a portrait of Albert C. Ritchie, the Maryland Governor at the time of the tercentenary, along with the Maryland coat-of-arms. The reverse depicts the landing of Leonard Calvert in the new colony; he is seen holding the colonial proclamation prepared by his brother Cecil Calvert, the 2nd Lord Baltimore, who held the Royal Land Grant and Charter for the Maryland colony. Also depicted are fellow colonists Captain Thomas Cornwallis and Reverend Andrew White (to Calvert's right) along with a standard-bearer and Native American (to Calvert's left). In the background can be seen the Ark, one of the two ships that brought the colonists to America (the other was the Dove).




If you'd like to learn more about Hans Schuler and his involvement in the official art of the Maryland Tercentenary, check out my previous post on the topic here: Hans Schuler and the Maryland Tercentenary

A lovely set and good fortune find. Congratulations. Keep on "stumbling"!

Very nice addition to your collection TNG.

This seems to be a rather scarce token from the 1904 St Louis World's fair I found in a recent lot. I know it's h-61-690 but I cannot find any sales records. Anyone have any thoughts on value?

Maybe a variation of the expression: "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me."
A slogan used by Democrat Willard Duncan Vandiver.
It is a braying mule. It is a Democrat symbol and this half dollar sized medal is probably relating to the states the state's famous nickname: "The Show Me State".
He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1896, 1898, 1918, and 1920 and served as chairman in 1918. Vandiver was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth United States Congress in 1896, and was re-elected three times. He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1904. Vandiver served as chairman of the State executive committee in 1904.
It could also be a political themed medal for Joseph "Holy Joe" Wingate Folk of St Louis Missouri who was elected the 31st Governor of Missouri as a progressive reformer and Democrat in the 1904 election.

I have seen only a couple of these that I recall. I think you are quite correct in it being a scarce medal.

Another interesting find from yesterdays lot. UCC of E Convention 1909 Delegate Medal. I cannot find another example online. UCC of E is Universal Craftsman Council of Engineers