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

Kurt Majer (1923-2014) was a German immigrant who settled in Chicago. His "metal art" included medallions like the one above for Germany, a commission from American Airlines (AA logo is on reverse) and city specific medals for San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Dallas, and San Diego, produced by Medalcraft,Inc. ( There may be others )
These highlight medals come with an indexed "legend" that describes the highlights, as seen below:





These were of interest as I served in the FRG in the early 80's and was born in SF. Some of his "highlight" medal designs were fabricated into key fobs.

Fantastic medals, Captain!

Milk Refund Token


(Not Listed at tokencatalog.com)
My guess is the "IC" in the "MIC" initials are for "Independent Creamery." Like the art deco influence in this one.

Columbia Outfitting


(Not listed at tokencatalog.com)

Home Savings / Banca Populare Fugazi - San Francisco

(Per tokencatalog.com, dates from July, 1911)

Very nice tokens, cptbilly!

Very cool cptbilly and Hondo Boguss!

Very nice ctpbilly!

Church of St. Anthony, Eunice, Louisiana. This Catholic church is still active today.
From Crawford and Farber, "Louisiana Trade Tokens, 2nd Ed.":
"This token was used in the 1930s when the practice of pew sales was abolished in the diocese of Lafayette. Pew sales had been used as a means of raising funds for the church, with church members bidding on specific pews for themselves and their families. When the sale of pews was discontinued the church pastor, the Reverend August Bauclizzone, determined that a charge of ten cents per person at the door would be instituted. Once worshippers were inside they could sit in the pew of their choice. However, it soon became apparent that many families, especially those with several children, could not afford the "admission" charge due to the depression. One of the council members suggested the use of a token. While these tokens were distributed to needy families free, other parishioners picked them up at the Rectory prior to mass. Therefore all members, rich and poor alike, would drop their tokens at the door avoiding potential embarrassment to some. Also, since it is very doubtful that anyone was turned away for the lack of a dime, church attendants likely kept a supply of tokens in their pockets to deposit when such situations arose. This practice continued until May 1933 when Monsignor A. Martel became pastor. At this time, the envelope system of contributions was instituted."
Note: an old-timer told me that Catholic churches would also sell tokens such as these at a steep discount during the Depression so that people would have ***something*** to put into the collection basket as it was passed around to avoid the embarrassment of having nothing to contribute.
Also, I recall from the '60s that there were still name tags on pews in the church my family attended, and only those families were allowed to sit there.

Excellent additions!