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

This will make 10 different Remington medals I have.
I have not found an 11th although Remington had certainly more scupltures than these.
I also have a duplicate of "Coming through the Rye" which I think is the coolest.
All are beautiful, large 1/4 inch thick bronze metals with an awesome matte-like gilt finish.
The images are from the seller I bought them from and used with permission. I could probably never take this good of images myself.
I have seen one rather tarnished and spotted complete set of 10 listed for sale now for close to $700.00 which has not sold in a framed case that holds 10 medals and looks original to the set.
It appears I have a complete set now.
I did not pay near that amount for these but that was also because of the more-than-fair person I bought them all from. A cherished and hotly persued collection I am now glad to own.



The Rattlesnake was copyrighted in 1905, Remington's 12th sculpture.
A powerful composition, it focuses all attention and movement to the small but deadly rattlesnake. The Rattlesnake won much praise when it was completed and was called the work of a master's hand. Remington enjoyed modeling this piece so thoroughly, that after it was finished, he completely reworked it over a ten day period. The new piece was nearly four inches taller than the original version, and the position of the out lines was also greatly altered. The head, neck and back legs of the horse, and the angle of the cowboys body, now flowed in a more pronounced arching motion. He recorded in his diary,"It has taken much longer to model than I had any idea of but it is a good job and a good bronze, well worth while".
This piece is Remington's third most popular sculpture ever, probably due to the fact it adds the elements of the fashionable bronco with those of a close encounter with death.




Remington's fourth bronze, The Scalp is the artist's first sculptural depiction of an Indian subject. In the work, Remington has rendered a Sioux warrior in a dignified and victorious pose, heroically placed atop a horse that is in mid-stride, coming to an energetic halt. The victor holding a human scalp in a clenched fist.



The Sergeant is the smallest of Remington's castings standing less than eleven inches tall. This bronze shows the hard life of a tough, weathered, and sharp-nosed Sergeant.
Quite often this bronze is mistaken for a grizzled veteran of the Indian wars. But this was not the intent of Remington. He wanted it to be a tribute to the First U.S. Volunteer Calvary, the Rough Riders, whom he rode with and respected so much.
The Sergeant combines two types of Remington's works the cowpuncher and the soldier.



The Fallen Rider
also named The Wicked Pony was inspired by a past recollection of a western trip. During which Remington had witnessed a cowboy that had been thrown from a rank tempered bronc. He looked on as the cowboy attempted to tussle the animal to the ground by its ear, an unfair and dangerous match in which the cowboy was fatally kicked.
Experiencing this event made a significant impression on Remington. He purposefully portrayed more expression and strain in this figures face than any before. The horse is depicted with extremely calculated positions in movement as if the artist was recalling a particularly drastic moment during this episode.


The other write ups can be traced from here on previous posts. http://goccf.com/t/301479&whichpage=25#2660149

TNG, I am very impressed with the clarity and quality of your photos. Great pictures.

stud, not my pictures but used with permission. Thanks and thanks to jbuckster too.

A lovely meal and a wonderful post to accompany it.

Very nice!

If she does not get it, she does not get it.

This is my collection of these Medallic Art Co.
Half Dollar sized medals of some of my favorite people in American history. There were many made, there are quite a few I'd like to add yet. There are quite a few I could care less about.
9 Presidents ( 10 if you count Jefferson Davis )

Two of these are .999 silver, the rest are bronze and although they look different in color, in hand the look pretty much the same.