“For Spacious Skies and Amber Waves of Grain”

412, Lot: 973. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AR Medal (39mm, 18.95 g, 12h). The Swiss Gratitude for America. By H. Frei. Issued 1918. Eagle, holding grain ears in talons, flying right over shoreline; above, clouds in the form of the American flag / TO THE PRESIDENT/AND PEOPLE/OF THE VNITED STATES/OF AMERICA/THE GRATITVDE/OF THE SWISS/FAMILIES/1918 in eight lines; above, Swiss coat-of-arms between bundles of edelweisse. SM 215. Superb EF, matte surfaces, with a pleasing steel-gray tone. An exceptional image of Americana.