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<p>[QUOTE="TexasTwister, post: 5413352, member: 37455"]I just stumbled upon this post and was intrigued by it. So, I went to the National Archives and did a search. I came across this link: <a href="https://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/rcs/schedules/departments/department-of-the-treasury/rg-0056/nc1-056-83-02_sf115.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/rcs/schedules/departments/department-of-the-treasury/rg-0056/nc1-056-83-02_sf115.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/rcs/schedules/departments/department-of-the-treasury/rg-0056/nc1-056-83-02_sf115.pdf</a> which goes to a PDF concerning the retention or destruction of short films featuring celebrities promoting U.S. Savings bonds.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to Grace Kelly, other celebrities promoting Savings Bonds around that time period included Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Walter Brennan, Rock Hudson, June Allyson, Jimmy Stewart, Jack Webb, Elizabeth Montgomery, Marlon Brando, Gene Autry, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my thinking is that perhaps some, if not all, of these folks received their own engraved medal similar to the OP's. If so, expanding the search to include these celebs might yield additional info to help with the provenance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TexasTwister, post: 5413352, member: 37455"]I just stumbled upon this post and was intrigued by it. So, I went to the National Archives and did a search. I came across this link: [URL]https://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/rcs/schedules/departments/department-of-the-treasury/rg-0056/nc1-056-83-02_sf115.pdf[/URL] which goes to a PDF concerning the retention or destruction of short films featuring celebrities promoting U.S. Savings bonds. In addition to Grace Kelly, other celebrities promoting Savings Bonds around that time period included Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Walter Brennan, Rock Hudson, June Allyson, Jimmy Stewart, Jack Webb, Elizabeth Montgomery, Marlon Brando, Gene Autry, etc. So my thinking is that perhaps some, if not all, of these folks received their own engraved medal similar to the OP's. If so, expanding the search to include these celebs might yield additional info to help with the provenance.[/QUOTE]
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