Objects of Our Affection - February 2020

California State Agricultural Society Silver Award medal. 1911 Larson & Co. die awarded in 1911 to Pacific Hardware and Steel Company for Horse ...

Uniface medal showing the state capitol building within a wreath. 39.31mm. Gold-plated copper. Unc. Provenance: John Reynolds Collection Country (if

Warren & Son Agricultural and Horticultural Fair unengraved award medal. See Michael Wehner’s 2018 Pacific Coast Numismatic Society Papers artic...

Warren & Son Agricultural and Horticultural Fair unengraved award medal. See Michael Wehner’s 2018 Pacific Coast Numismatic Society Papers artic...

Lot of eight: 1967 Port of San Diego; 1955 San Diego Federal Savings and Loan; 1969 Bicentennial(2); Cabrillo National Monument; San Diego Mission; H

Four 1890 California Admission Day medals holed for suspension from ribbon badges. 1,2) The larger medals are 37.64mm, WM and are dated Sept. 9, 1890.

Home Coming medal presented to members of 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division nicknamed “San Francisco’s Own.” The World War One veterans

White medal, 20mm, 1884 cornerstone laying for San Francisco Odd Fellows Hall/State Seal; 1897 San Francisco Christian Endeavor medalet with Carmel Mi

1875 Cornell Watch Co. Tenth Industrial Fair of the Mechanics Institute. 30.69mm. Silvered WM. Rulau Ca-SF 28. Unc Provenance: John Reynolds Collect

Commemorative medal struck in honor of the city’s celebration commemorating the end of the Crimean War. Signed V & G by Achille Vachon and Marc ...

California State Seal design award medal for the BAKERY COOKERY CONFECTIONERYAND PURE FOOD EXHIBITION / SAN FRANCISCO. A short-lived event with few me

Medal struck as a thank you for donations to the French Ransom Fund (Franco-Prussian War fund). The obverse of the medal features the head of Ceres, t

Albert Kuner designed and engraved medal for the German Peace Celebration for the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The San Francisco German community t

1) 1883 Knights Templar Triennial Conclave souvenir medal. Impressive two knights on horseback. 42mm. Silver-plated. Unc; 2,3,4) Three brass medals: 1

M.C. Hawley & Co. Agts. San Francisco for the Pioneer Wagon Works of the W32.36mm, WM. Kappen 1077, Rulau IL-Ch-104A, VF Provenance: John Reyn...

Mechanics Fair Award Medal. The obverse design follows that of the advertising poster designed by Wesley de Lappe. The reverse is engraved to the Wate

Mechanics Institute award medal. Reverse engraved to J.W. Ecker for High Relief Pictures. 49mm. Bronze. Unc, near gem but for two rim dings near 6 o’c

Five Schwaab Stamp & Seal medalets issued for the semicentennial anniversary of the discovery of gold in California. The smallest is 18.54mm wit...

Semicentennial anniversary of the discovery of gold in California issued in celebration of the city’s Golden Jubilee. Schwaab Stamp & Seal unusu...

Semicentennial anniversary of the discovery of gold in California issued in celebration of the city’s Golden Jubilee. The official Jubilee badge pin b

Semicentennial anniversary of the discovery of gold in California issued in celebration of the city’s Golden Jubilee. The obverse design of three mine

Two SF Mint medals: 38mm 1874- 1937 with pic of Granite Lady, unc; USAO SF with pic of new mint building, unc, prooflike in original plastic. Both ca

1) Queen’s Jubilee celebration. Bust of Victoria left. 28mm. Silvered. AU; 2) Bastille Day Celebration. Storming of the Bastille scene on the obverse.

1) Hanging badge from the 1901 Third Annual Shooting Festival with California bear at center. Hanger has state seal at center, NATIONALER SCHUTZENBUND

This is a souvenir medal from the World's Fair in San Francisco dated 1904 for the IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows), a fraternal organ...

Second Place Silver Medal for Drawing from the presented to Sacramento artist, Miss L. J. Turrell. 37.13mm. Silver. Toned Unc Provenance: John Reyno

St. Joseph’s Benevolent Society Organized in San Francisco 1860. Obverse St. Joseph with Child. Signed Kuner F. Rare early California medal. 38mm. Sil

Swiss Colony of California celebrating 600 years of the Swiss Republic. The looped medals were sold at a celebration held in San Francisco. 34mm. Silv

Santa Clara College medal. Julian reports 400 medals struck for the college in 1890, he but provides no other details. There are three different-sized

Lot of two: Shasta Dam medal (holed), 30 mm, pictorial obverse, dam statistics reverse. Whiskeytown Lake Dedication medal 1963, JFK obverse, RFK rever

The popular ostrich farm was a weekend destination for families in the early 1900s. The 1915 date and the reverse inscription touting work with the go

Lot of four: 1968 Dixon Centennial; 1968 Suisun City Centennial; General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo memorial medal; 1970 Mare Island Medal launching

Lot of five: 1) Three Tulare County Fair, 1971, 1972 & General Sherman Big Trees; 2) Visalia Coin Club 1973, 1974 medals. Provenance: John R...

The Apple Annual was held in downtown Watsonville, California for just a few years. 157 medals for gold and silver awards were reported to have been p

Lot of six: four Yosemite, one Sequoia National Park, one Sierra Mountaineer Days, Oakhurst, California: Scenic Route to Yosemite. Provenance: John

Lot of eleven: 1935 Knights of Pythias;1969 Lodi Centennial; 1964 Roseville Centennial; Bank of California; 1972 BART inaugural medal; 1959 American A

26 total. 1 1/2 to 2". Thousand Oaks , Paso Robles, Watsonville, La Verne, Pomona, Livingston and more. Business example: Riverside Camp Gr...

1 1/2 to 2" rounds. Morro bay, Fountain Valley, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Costa Mesa, San Pedro, Ventura, Long Beach. Business examples: M...

Four inscribed California award medals. 1) 1898 NSGW service medals to California soldiers returning from the Spanish-American War, Inscribed to Major

1) LA Desk Co. flipper. Bear head and front flank on obverse, rear flank on reverse. 32mm. Brass. Kappen 580. VF; 2) Uniface undated Eagle with Ribbon

Lot of ten: Point Loma Cabrillo's Lighhouse; 1955 San Diego Federal Savings "Gold Is Where You Find It"; 1964 Irwin Community Half Dol...

Lot of 22 medals; 13 issued by the CSNA for various conventions around the state, and 9 issued by smaller coin clubs for their conventions. Provenan

Lot of six medals commemorating anniversaries of California cities. Southgate, Arcadia, San Fernando, El Cerrito and Garden Grove (2: white metal and

Dahlia Society of California award medal. Standing draped female holding a dahlia bouquet with arm outstretched to the setting sun. Signed Larson &a...

Rare chapter #103 from the year 1954-55 celebrating the hundreth anniversary of this California Masonic organization. Provenance: John Reynolds Coll

Lot of five: two John Muir Home medals from Martinez, one bronze, one sterling silver; Redwood City Centennial 1967; Rossmore Contract Bridge 1st Plac

Lot of three: 1) 1973 125th Anniversary of the Coloma gold discovery site at Sutter's Mill; 2) 1976 Downieville Lions Club; 1965 Mark Twain Cent...

Lot of nine pieces from the historical group founded July 11, 1875 to preserve California history. Their fund raising supports historical markers, and

Lot of four pieces from the NSGW: two souvenir badges from the 1900 convention in San Francisco, a cellulite pin, 32 mm; an enameled hanging badge fr

Lot of three: 1) 1972 City of Chico Centennial medal featuring John Bidwell,39 mm, BU; 1975 Napa County Courthouse bronze, 39 mm; 1963 Marin County G