(1935) Medal SOM-11 Bronze, Ontario, MI Medallic Art Co., NY

Coin Details

Description

This bronze medal, cataloged as SOM-11, depicts "Ontario, MI" (Ontario, Michigan) and was produced circa 1935 by Medallic Art Company of New York as part of the Society of Medalists series. The Society of Medalists program, which ran from 1930 to 1995, issued two medals per year featuring designs by prominent American sculptors. SOM-11's subject of an American community reflects the program's occasional focus on American landscape and regional identity alongside its more common mythological and allegorical themes. The 1935 production date places this medal during the Great Depression, when the Society of Medalists program provided important commissions for sculptors whose other opportunities had diminished significantly. The bronze composition was the standard format for SOM issues, making them affordable to the subscriber base that sustained the program. Medallic Art Company's manufacturing excellence ensured that the sculptor's artistic vision was faithfully translated from plaster model to struck bronze, maintaining the fine detail and subtle surface modeling that made the Society of Medalists series one of the most artistically significant medal programs ever undertaken in the United States.

Rarity Notes

Bronze, SOM-11. Society of Medalists series. Standard bronze subscriber issue. Moderate availability through numismatic dealers.

Cross References

PCGS #658818; SOM-11