This 30mm solid sterling silver piece is a very rare and only a small number was known to have been produced.1912 George Washington Presentation Medal produced by Dieges & Clust NYC specifically for the Liquor Dealers’ Benevolent Association (LBA) for presentation to a handful of city officials and political figures as honored guests.
The Specific 1912 EventThe medal was struck to commemorate a high-profile Annual Banquet and Dedication Event held in New York City in 1912. The \"LBA\" inscribed in ribbon form on the left of George Washington stands for the Liquor Dealers’ Benevolent Association.During the early 1900s, the LBA was a powerful and prominent fraternal and trade-benevolent organization in New York. They hosted major civic galas, often held at luxury venues like the original Waldorf-Astoria, inviting high-ranking New York City officials, committee members, and political figures as guests of honor.Medal Format
- Original Presentation Form: At 30mm, this was originally designed as a hanging breast medal suspended from a decorative fabric ribbon or pinback bar.
- The Dieges & Clust Connection: Because Dieges & Clust utilized this exact artistic, uniface Washington \"Pater Patriae\" design across multiple projects, they scaled the die down to 30mm for a handful of wearable committee badges, while simultaneously using a massive 3-inch brass version of the same face to insert into desktop awards, desk clocks, and thermometers for organizational executives. Because it is struck in solid sterling silver by a legendary New York maker, it carries both numismatic and silver value. For collectors of early 20th-century NYC civic history and pre-Prohibition exonumia,
This was a metal detector find and only the medal survives but in nice shape with its original patina.
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