Society of Medalists
Collector's Guide
1)
Year: 1930
Sculptor: Laura Gardin Fraser
Obverse: Hunter and dog
Reverse: Ruffled grouse
2)
Year: 1930
Sculptor: Paul Manship
Obverse: Dionysus
Reverse: Satyrs treading grapes
3)
Year: 1931
Sculptor: Hermon A. MacNeil
Obverse: Indian prayer for rain
Reverse: Hopi snake dance
4)
Year: 1931
Sculptor: Frederick MacMonnies
Obverse: Charles A. Lindbergh
Reverse: Lone Eagle allegory
5)
Year: 1932
Sculptor: Lee Lawrie
Obverse: Whatsoever a man soweth
Reverse: That shall he also reap
6)
Year: 1932
Sculptor: John Flanagan
Obverse: Aphrodite
Reverse: Torch race
7)
Year: 1933
Sculptor: Carl Paul Jennewein
Obverse: Gloria
Reverse: Fama
8)
Year: 1933
Sculptor: Gaetano Cecere
Obverse: Pegasus and men
Reverse: No easy way to the stars
9)
Year: 1934
Sculptor: Herbert Adams
Obverse: Boy fishing
Reverse: Little fish a prize
10)
Year: 1934
Sculptor: Albert Laessle
Obverse: American-turkey
Reverse: Abundance-corn
11)
Year: 1935
Sculptor: Lorado Taft
Obverse: Great lakes
Reverse: Five maidens
12)
Year: 1935
Sculptor: Anthony de Francisci
Obverse: Creation
Reverse: Swirling universe
13)
Year: 1936
Sculptor: R. Tait McKenzie
Obverse: Youth putting the shot
Reverse: Four runners
14)
Year: 1936
Sculptor: Albert Stewart
Obverse: Ploughman and crosses
Reverse: Peace
15)
Year: 1937
Sculptor: Robert I. Aitken
Obverse: Lovers
Reverse: All mankind loves a lover
16)
Year: 1937
Sculptor: Chester Beach
Obverse: In peace fathers die
Reverse: In war sons die
17)
Year: 1938
Sculptor: A. Stirling Calder
Obverse: Dance of life
Reverse: With pleasure and pain
18)
Year: 1938
Sculptor: Gertrude K. Lathrop
Obverse: Conserve wildlife
Reverse: Antelope
19)
Year: 1939
Sculptor: Edward McCartan
Obverse: Peace in the new world
Reverse: War in the old world
20)
Year: 1939
Sculptor: John Gregory
Obverse: Cere's blessing
Reverse: Scarcity shall shun you
21)
Year: 1940
Sculptor: Edmond Amateis
Obverse: Aesop's fable of hawk
Reverse: Dog and reflection
22)
Year: 1940
Sculptor: Walker Hancock
Obverse: Two men building
Reverse: Overcoming adversity
23)
Year: 1941
Sculptor: Joseph E. Renier
Obverse: Woman and child
Reverse: Prometheus
24)
Year: 1941
Sculptor: Edwin Springweiler
Obverse: Arctic-polar bear
Reverse: Antarctic-penguins
25)
Year: 1942
Sculptor: Janet Decoux
Obverse: Thou sluggard
Reverse: Go to the ant
26)
Year: 1942
Sculptor: Brenda Putman
Obverse: Man with airplane
Reverse: Bird in flight
27)
Year: 1943
Sculptor: Anna Hyatt Huntington
Obverse: African elephant
Reverse: Water hole
28)
Year: 1943
Sculptor: Carl L. Schmitz
Obverse: Freedom of speach & religion
Reverse: Freedom from want & fear
29)
Year: 1944
Sculptor: Richard Recchia
Obverse: Inspiration
Reverse: Aspiration
30)
Year: 1944
Sculptor: Mahonri Young
Obverse: Riggers
Reverse: Riveters
31)
Year: 1945
Sculptor: Rene P. Chambellan
Obverse: Flag raising on Iwo Jima
Reverse: For conquer we must
32)
Year: 1945
Sculptor: Berthold Nebel
Obverse: Wounded soldier
Reverse: Atomic bomb explosion
33)
Year: 1946
Sculptor: Joseph Kiselewski
Obverse: World peace
Reverse: Dove and olive branch
34)
Year: 1946
Sculptor: Sidney Waugh
Obverse: Privacy makes innocent
Reverse: Nameless worthy
35)
Year: 1947
Sculptor: Bruce Moore
Obverse: Eternal vigilance
Reverse: Destruction
36)
Year: 1947
Sculptor: Henry Kreis
Obverse: Wise virgins
Reverse: Foolish virgins
37)
Year: 1948
Sculptor: Michael Lantz
Obverse: John the Baptist
Reverse: Salome
38)
Year: 1948
Sculptor: Thomas Lo Medico
Obverse: Pursuit of happiness
Reverse: Good will toward men
39)
Year: 1949
Sculptor: Adolph A. Weinman
Obverse: Genesis
Reverse: Web of destiny
40)
Year: 1949
Sculptor: Leo Friedlander
Obverse: Harmony
Reverse: Creates tranquility
41)
Year: 1950
Sculptor: Donal Hord
Obverse: Man must sow
Reverse: To reap
42)
Year: 1950
Sculptor: Cecil Howard
Obverse: Peace is life
Reverse: War is death
43)
Year: 1951
Sculptor: Albert A. Wein
Obverse: God the creator
Reverse: Creating heaven & earth
44)
Year: 1951
Sculptor: Wheeler Williams
Obverse: Madonna and child
Reverse: Lamb
45)
Year: 1952
Sculptor: James Earl Fraser
Obverse: Pony Express
Reverse: New Frontiers
46)
Year: 1952
Sculptor: Karl Gruppe
Obverse: Eagle
Reverse: Boy Scouts
47)
Year: 1953
Sculptor: Gifford MacGregor Proctor
Obverse: Fish
Reverse: Dry fly lure
48)
Year: 1953
Sculptor: Peter Dalton
Obverse: Brotherhood
Reverse: Swords into ploughshares
49)
Year: 1954
Sculptor: Adam Beiskie
Obverse: Art goddess
Reverse: Sculptor's tools
50)
Year: 1954
Sculptor: Ivan Mestrovic
Obverse: Socrates
Reverse: Plato
51)
Year: 1955
Sculptor: Malvina Hoffman
Obverse: Races of man
Reverse: No man is an island
52)
Year: 1955
Sculptor: Georg Lober
Obverse: Hans Christian Andersen
Reverse: 150th Anniversary
53)
Year: 1956
Sculptor: John Angel
Obverse: Adam and Eve
Reverse: Annunciation of Virgin
54)
Year: 1956
Sculptor: Paul Fjelde
Obverse: Walt Whitman
Reverse: Leaves of Grass
55)
Year: 1957
Sculptor: Pietro Montana
Obverse: St. Francis of Assisi at prayer
Reverse: St. Francis and leper
56)
Year: 1957
Sculptor: Donald De Lue
Obverse: Creator of universe
Reverse: Creator of man
57)
Year: 1958
Sculptor: Charles Rudy
Obverse: Year's at the spring
Reverse: Day's at the morn
58)
Year: 1958
Sculptor: Jean de Marco
Obverse: Clown with horn
Reverse: Music and drama
59)
Year: 1959
Sculptor: Allan Rouser
Obverse: Apache fire dancer
Reverse: Buffalo hunt
60)
Year: 1959
Sculptor: Katherine Weems
Obverse: Puma
Reverse: Wild fowl
61)
Year: 1960
Sculptor: Leo Lentelli
Obverse: Romulus and Remus
Reverse: Constantine the Great
62)
Year: 1960
Sculptor: Adlai S. Hardin
Obverse: Three wisemen
Reverse: Nativity
63)
Year: 1961
Sculptor: Adolph Block
Obverse: Pilgrims landing
Reverse: Holy cause of liberty
64)
Year: 1961
Sculptor: Nat Chote
Obverse: Goliath
Reverse: David
65)
Year: 1962
Sculptor: Oronzio Malderelli
Obverse: Dancers
Reverse: Bathers
66)
Year: 1962
Sculptor: Carl Mose
Obverse: This our heritage
Reverse: This our land
67)
Year: 1963
Sculptor: Karen Worth
Obverse: To the stars
Reverse: Spirit of the space age
68)
Year: 1963
Sculptor: Joseph A. Coletti
Obverse: Glory of God
Reverse: Great frigate bird
69)
Year: 1964
Sculptor: Robert A. Weinman
Obverse: Honor to Socrates
Reverse: Light of knowlege
70)
Year: 1964
Sculptor: Frank Eliscu
Obverse: Underwater swimmer
Reverse: Seascape
71)
Year: 1965
Sculptor: Margaret Grigor
Obverse: Alaska
Reverse: Hawaii
72)
Year: 1965
Sculptor: Elizabeth Weistrop
Obverse: Sower of the forest
Reverse: Squirrels
73)
Year: 1966
Sculptor: Robert Lohman
Obverse: Nature
Reverse: Creativity
74)
Year: 1966
Sculptor: Ralph J. Menconi
Obverse: Thomas Jefferson
Reverse: Liberty
75)
Year: 1967
Sculptor: Herring Coe
Obverse: Flying sauser
Reverse: Hippocampus and mermaid
76)
Year: 1967
Sculptor: Donald R. Miller
Obverse: Five forms of life
Reverse: Wilderness is preservation
77)
Year: 1968
Sculptor: Nina Winkel
Obverse: Girls dancing
Reverse: Boys building
78)
Year: 1968
Sculptor: Terry Lies
Obverse: Medical research
Reverse: Spider and web
79)
Year: 1969
Sculptor: Bruno Mankowski
Obverse: Paul Bunyan
Reverse: Johnny Appleseed
80)
Year: 1969
Sculptor: Boris Buzan
Obverse: Space control room
Reverse: Astronaut on moon
81)
Year: 1970
Sculptor: Julian Hoke Harris
Obverse: Uncle Remus tales
Reverse: Brer Rabbit in briar patch
82)
Year: 1970
Sculptor: Tom Allen, Jr.
Obverse: Flame of life
Reverse: Pro vita
83)
Year: 1971
Sculptor: Hal Reed
Obverse: Four scientists
Reverse: Unleashing the atom
84)
Year: 1971
Sculptor: Elbert Weinberg
Obverse: Pandora one
Reverse: Atomic cloud
85)
Year: 1972
Sculptor: Sten Jacobsson
Obverse: Christ and multitude
Reverse: Pagan joys
86)
Year: 1972
Sculptor: John Edward Svenson
Obverse: Chilkat Chieftan
Reverse: Indian carvings
87)
Year: 1973
Sculptor: Mico Kaufman
Obverse: Youth with guitar
Reverse: Soldier carrying wounded
88)
Year: 1973
Sculptor: Edward R. Grove
Obverse: Alphabets of the world
Reverse: English alphabet
89)
Year: 1974
Sculptor: Laszlo Ispanky
Obverse: Girl in spring
Reverse: Youth in fall
90)
Year: 1974
Sculptor: Stanley Bleifeld
Obverse: Chinese philosophers
Reverse: Chinese landscape
91)
Year: 1975
Sculptor: Frederick Shrady
Obverse: Courage and hope
Reverse: Bird in flight
92)
Year: 1975
Sculptor: Bruno Lucchesi
Obverse: Couple embracing
Reverse: Mother and baby
93)
Year: 1976
Sculptor: Harvey Weiss
Obverse: Grasshopper
Reverse: Whale
94)
Year: 1976
Sculptor: Anthony Notaro
Obverse: Pilgrims
Reverse: Mayflower
95)
Year: 1977
Sculptor: Harry Marinsky
Obverse: Youth dreaming
Reverse: Castle in Spain
96)
Year: 1977
Sculptor: Stephen Robin
Obverse: Tutankhamun
Reverse: Egyptian pectoral
97)
Year: 1978
Sculptor: Robert Cook
Obverse: Music
Reverse: Dance
98)
Year: 1978
Sculptor: Moissaya Marans
Obverse: Dawn
Reverse: Dusk
99)
Year: 1979
Sculptor: Donald A. borja
Obverse: Helios the Sun God
Reverse: Solar energy
100)
Year: 1979
Sculptor: Linda Harper
Obverse: Laughter
Reverse: Tears
101)
Year: 1980
Sculptor: Marcel Jovine
Obverse: Unicorn
Reverse: Medieval procession
102)
Year: 1980
Sculptor: Edward Fenno Hoffman III
Obverse: Alice in Wonderland
Reverse: Winnie the Pooh
103)
Year: 1981
Sculptor: Laci de Gerenday
Obverse: Cougar
Reverse: Deer in woods
104)
Year: 1981
Sculptor: Elizabeth Gordon Chandler
Obverse: Visual arts
Reverse: Performing arts
105)
Year: 1982
Sculptor: John Cook
Obverse: Faun with pipes
Reverse: Man with mask
106)
Year: 1982
Sculptor: Don Everhart II
Obverse: Dance of the dolphins
Reverse: Dolphins leaping
107)
Year: 1983
Sculptor: Joseph Di Lorenzo
Obverse: Excalibur
Reverse: Camalot
108)
Year: 1983
Sculptor: Carter Jones
Obverse: George Balanchine
Reverse: Dancers
109)
Year: 1984
Sculptor: Dexter Jones
Obverse: Clown
Reverse: Harlequin and Columbine
110)
Year: 1984
Sculptor: Margaret C. Ellison
Obverse: Bands of living creatures
Reverse: Zodiac
111)
Year: 1985
Sculptor: Donald De Lue
Obverse: Man bursting the bounds
Reverse: Back of man
112)
Year: 1985
Sculptor: Richard McDermott Miller
Obverse: Girl escaping man
Reverse: Man capturing girl
113)
Year: 1986
Sculptor: Marika Somogyi
Obverse: Woman looking in mirror
Reverse: Devel watching through mirror
114)
Year: 1986
Sculptor: Alex Shagin
Obverse: Children circling globe
Reverse: Earth from space
115)
Year: 1987
Sculptor: Robert A. Weinman
Obverse: Cat and mouse
Reverse: Cat behind cheese
116)
Year: 1987
Sculptor: Robert Cronbach
Obverse: Sunrise
Reverse: Moonrise
117)
Year: 1988
Sculptor: Leonda Finke
Obverse: The Prodigal Son - departure
Reverse: Emotional Reunion
118)
Year: 1988
Sculptor: Patrica Lewis-Verani
Obverse: Snow - Eskimo and dog sled
Reverse: Sand - Arab on Camel
119)
Year: 1989
Sculptor: Nicola d'Alton Moss
Obverse: Charles Darwin
Reverse: Giant Galapagos turtle
120)
Year: 1989
Sculptor: Keiichi Uryu
Obverse: Man is Strength
Reverse: Woman is Love and Beauty
121)
Year: 1990
Sculptor: Eugene Daub
Obverse: Spirit of fire
Reverse: Depiction of ice
122)
Year: 1990
Sculptor: Marcel Jovine
Obverse: Michelangelo's Creation
Reverse: Biblical prophesy
123)
Year: 1991
Sculptor: Michael Meszaros
Obverse: Winding Staircase
Reverse: Staircase Looking Down
124)
Year: 1992
Sculptor: Joseph Sheppard
Obverse: Icarus in flight toward the sun
Reverse: Icarus in free fall
125)
Year: 1993
Sculptor: Don Everhart III
Obverse: Tyrannosaurus Rex
Reverse: Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil
126)
Year: 1993
Sculptor: Karen Worth
Obverse: Adam and Eve
Reverse: Retribution
127)
Year: 1994
Sculptor: Amuhullah Haiderzad
Obverse: The Old Kabul Bazaar
Reverse:
128)
Year: 1994
Sculptor: Don Everhart III
Obverse: Set of six dinosaur medals
Reverse: Dinosaur fossils
129)
Year: 1995
Sculptor: Geri Gould
Obverse: Last Supper
Reverse: Nativity, Baptism, Crucifixion, and Resurrection
Printable Version
A printable formatted version of the MCA Society of Medalists Collector's Guide (pdf) is available.
This list originally written by D. Wayne Johnson and rights retained by him; used with permission.
References
{1970} Johnson (D. Wayne). Collectors’ Choice. Weston, CT: Society of Medalists. (1970) 8 pages.
List of collector topics found in SoM series and other notable characteristics found among SoM medals.
{1972} Norton (R.W.). Art Gallery. Medallic History of the United States of America; August 8 to September 17, 1972. Shreveport, LA: Norton Art Gallery, 40 pages.
The Society of Medalists is item 59 on pages 27-28. The Norton Art Gallery owned a complete set and borrowed another from Medallic Art Co to display a double set–for obverse and reverse--of 85 SoM medals for this exhibition.
{1988} Stahl (Alan M., editor). The Medal in America. New York: American Numismatic Society. Coinage of the Americas Conference. Sept 24-27, 1987. Volume 1, 247 page. Contains: Noble (Joseph Veach) “The Society of Medalists,” p 223-247.
Includes tables of medals issued by the Circle of Friends of the Medallion, 1909-1915, and The Society of Medals, 1930-1987 [furnished by D. Wayne Johnson]. In 1988 The Society of Medalists reprinted Joseph Veach Noble’s article as a separate monograph of 26 pages (numbered 224-247 as in original). It included illustrations of nine SoM medals and tables also as in original.
{1990} Collectors’ Auctions, Ltd. Auction Catalog at The Greater New York Coin Convention, Friday, September 7 and Saturday, September 8 (1990). Danbury, CT: Collectors’ Auctions, Ltd.. 2784 lots, illustrated. Compiled and copyrighted by D. Wayne Johnson.
The only American auction in which every Society of Medalist Issue up to #110, in addition to silver medals, special issues and paperweights were sold individually (34 silver medals and 122 bronze among 156 total lots).
{1993} Salmon (Robin R.). Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture. Volume II. Brookgreen Gardens, SC: Printed by Trustees (1993) 297 pages, 100 photos.
Because of a fortuitous bequest of a complete set of Society of Medalists medals by its onetime president, Joseph Veach Noble, Brookgreen Gardens has taken a dynamic interest in collecting the medallic and sculptural work of all SoM artists. Thus every SoM artist is covered in this book.
{1996} Marqusee (John E.). One Hundred Years of American Medallic Art, 1845-1945; the John E. Marqusee Collection. Ithaca, NY: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 98 pages, illustrated.
All 32 Society of Medalists issues up to 1945 (Issues #1 through 32, plus #34 and #38) are contained in this collection. In the Introduction, Susan Luftschein discusses the Societyof Medalists at length, p xxii-xxiv.
{2000} Bosco (Paul) Society of Medalists Pricing Guide. The Medal Cabinet 1:1 (Summer 2000 ) p 8-9. Revised: Pricing Update for SoM Medals The MCA Advisory 4:2,3 (Spring-Summer 2002) p 12,15.
Both of these periodicals published by Medal Collectors of America. Silver medals were listed in the first list, bronze only for the second.
{2011} Alexander (D. T.). American Art Medals, 1909-1995, Circle of Friends of the Medallion and Society of Medalists," American Numismatic Society, Studies in Medallic Art #1, 2011.
