Medal featuring a woman holding a torch in one hand, a laurel leaf in the other. A bird (griffin) with spread wings is in the lower left corner. Made for Robbins Co., Attleboro, MA.
Published onDec 13, 2023
20. Medal
Private collection.
Date
1912-1914 and produced after, 1923
Material
Bronze
Dimensions
1 ½ x 1 x 1/8 in. (3.8 x 2.5 x .03 cm)
Description
Medal featuring a woman holding a torch in one hand, a laurel leaf in the other. A bird (griffin) with spread wings is in the lower left corner. Made for Robbins Co., Attleboro, MA.
Markings
n/a
Provenance / Location
Charlotte Petersen; Mary Petersen, Beverly Hills, Florida.
Alternate Title(s)
n/a
Notes / Sources
Advertised in the Robbins Co. catalogue The Robbins Company formerly the Chas. M. Robbins Co. (parts I-III) n.d. 1912 and after. Catalogue held in the Robbins Co. archives, Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, Attleboro, MA.
Used as American Legion Medal with added symbol above griffin. Possibly an early version of the 1934 Veterans of Foreign Wars Medal for Lawrence, MA cast by Robbins Co. Also seen as a pendant on two occasions, one in silver with "JFC" and "LIFE PASS" another with SFAL and with top 1/4 of medal removed.
Iteration 2: Advertised in Trophies The Robbins Company, n.d. after 1923. Adapted for a design for the Third Corps Area / United States Army. Awarded to a baseball team from the Citizens’ Military Training Camps.
Iteration 3: Advertised in Trophies The Robbins Company, n.d. after 1923. Adapted for a variation design of Woman w/ Palm Branch (has sunset) – West Park
Image in Transmission (Northern Natural Gas Co.), Vol. VIII No. 2, 1960.
Advertised in the Robbins Co. catalogue The Robbins Company formerly the Chas. M. Robbins Co. (parts I-III) n.d. 1912 and after. Catalogue held in the Robbins Co. archives, Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, Attleboro, MA.
Iteration 2: Advertised in Trophies The Robbins Company, n.d. after 1923. Adapted for a design for the Third Corps Area / United States Army. Awarded to a baseball team from the Citizens’ Military Training Camps.
Iteration 3: Advertised in Trophies The Robbins Company, n.d. after 1923. Adapted for a variation design of Woman w/ Palm Branch (has sunset) – West Park
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