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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hiho, post: 990479, member: 21869&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="3">My wife has two interesting medals from her dad&#039;s estate that she is considering selling and I have volunteered to try and find out more about them. </font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Yes, it&#039;s true, I am the perfect husband... </font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Here is the first medal:</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/hihoaudio/lifesaving-full-1a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/hihoaudio/lifesaving-full-2a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">The medal has LEUTZE DEL. and ELLIS SC. inscribed. </font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">My limited research implies that it is a United States Lifesaving medal designed by Emanuel Leutze. </font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Judging by the size and weight (66mm and 119 grams) this may be a Julian LS-1 or LS-2.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Onto the second medal:</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/hihoaudio/LW-1a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/hihoaudio/LW-2a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Inscription is NAPOLEON III - EMPEREUR and signed M. Ponsoarme on the obverse and EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE MDCCCLXVII A PARIS RECOMPENSES on the reverse with L.W. FAIRCHILD in the center.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">L.W. Fairchild was a company that manufactured fancy gold fountain pens. And MDCCCLXVII is 1847. That&#039;s about all I know.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Any info on either of these medals would be greatly appreciated.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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