ISAAC F. WOOD'S SERIES "C" MEDALS
Wood's Series "C" No. 1 - Norwalk Conn. Memorial Medal
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(image courtesy of Stacks Bowers)
This medal by Key is the only work I have seen that could be the No. 1 in
This medal by Key is the only work I have seen that could be the No. 1 in
this series although the reverse reads "I.F. Wood Mem. Series". An entry
in an 1894 Chapman Auction catalog (Catalog of the Collection of American
Medals Especially Rich in the Coins and Medals of Washington with a
Few United States and Foreign Coins of Isaac F. Wood, Esq, Rahway, N.J.)
reads "385 Norwalk, bust in military costume r., by Key; Norwalk Conn.
Memorial 1869. R. BOUGHT OF THE NORWAKE INDIANS, etc. C. no. 1
punched in the reverse field. I.F. Woods' series c no. 1. Very rare. Reverse
die destroyed. Silver. Proof. 24." Lot 386 is the same in white metal.
Wood's Series "C" No. 2 - Soloman's Lodge No. 1 Medal
Baker 304, silver, 33mm
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(image courtesy of Stacks Bowers)
Baker 304A, copper, 34.3mm
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Baker 304B, bronze, 33mm
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Baker 304C, brass, 34.3mm
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Baker 304D, white metal, 34.3mm
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Wood's Series "C" No. 3 - Satirical Monument Medal
Baker 321 - first reverse, silver, 39.8mm
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Baker 321A - first reverse, bronze, 39mm
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Baker 321B - first reverse, white metal, 39.8mm
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Baker 322 - second reverse, silver, 39mm
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Baker 322A - second reverse, bronze, 39mm
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Baker 322B - second reverse, brass, 39mm
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Baker 322C - second reverse, white metal, 39mm
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Wood's Series "C" No. 4 - Washington Elm Medal
Baker 436, copper, 39mm
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Baker 436A, bronze, 39mm
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Baker 436B, white metal, 39mm
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, May, 1862. The popular legend has George
Washington assuming command of the American Army under this tree
on July 3, 1775 although there is no reliable documentation this
actually happened and it is now considered a myth. The tree survived
until 1923 but as two city workers were removing limbs from the
diseased tree it fell onto it's iron fence and the cable of the Boston Elevated railway.
Wood's Series "C" No. 5 - St. John's Guild Floating Hospital
First Obverse
Obverse - Washington uniformed bust left within a beaded circle,
on a raised band around TO AID 'ST. JOHN'S GUILD FLOATING
HOSPITAL in small letters at bottom (WOOD'S SERIES "C" NO. 5)
Reverse - Martha Washington bust left, in two circles around
CENTENNIAL RECEPTION, BALL & TEA, PARTY N.Y. /
FEBY. 22nd 1876 ACADEMY OF MUSIC
GW-882, Baker 411, silver, 28mm
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GW-882, Baker 411A, copper, 28mm
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GW-882, Baker 411B, white metal, 27.6mm
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Neil Musante in 'Medallic Washington' list ten struck in silver,
one in copper, and four in white medal according to Frossard.
A quote from Bayard Smith states "These are very scarce only a few
impressions of them in silver were taken when the obverse die
broke. Only about 15 in all were struck"
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St. John's Guild, April 23rd and 29th, 1892
Second Obverse
Obverse - Nude bust of Washington right, thirteen stars above,
WOOD'S SERIES "C" NO. 5 below. Inscription around TO AID
ST. JOHN'S - GUILD - FLOATING - HOSPITAL, small
G.H.L. at bottom.
Reverse - same as above.
GW-883, Baker 412, silver, 27.6mm
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The Martha Washington image was also used by George H. on
the reverse of baker 413, The 100th Year Of Our Independence
Medal.
GW-883, Baker 412A, copper, 27.79mm
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GW-883, Baker 412B, white metal, 27.87mm
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St. John's Guild, established in 1866 and incorporated in 1877,
was a nonsectarian organization concerned with the treatment
of sick children, especially the poor. The floating hospital was
a specially equipped barge that would make six trips per week
to the Lower Bay stopping at piers and landings to admit and
treat children at no charge. The trip would end at the Guild's
Seaside Hospital in New Dorp, Staten Island where the more
severely ill would be admitted to their 300 bed hospital.
