1911 Osage Indian Peace Medal Only 25 Struck
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1911 "Osage" Brass Indian Peace Medals Only 25 Struck
1911, Osage Indian Peace Medal, by Elder, Struck in Brass, Choice Prooflike Uncirculated.
This original 38 mm medal is very attractive and fully prooflike, with lots of original natural, brilliant, golden luster present. These Osage Indian Peace Medals are recorded in "Indian Peace Medals and Related Items" by Rita Laws (pages 41-42). This example is holed at the top for suspension (as usually seen) with just some slight hairlines. These medals were presented by Edward Knox Elder, an Indian trader, to the Osage Indian tribe of Pawhuska, Oklahoma in 1911. The obverse bears the bust of a leading Osage Chief in a fur cap surrounded by Indian legends, which has been translated as, "Osage Chief Bacon Rind". The reverse bears the clasped hands of a White man with an Indian, with Peace pipe and tomahawk above (reminiscent of the U.S. Mint-issued Indian Peace Medals). The legend translates as, "Little Coon" (a name given Elder as a complimentary title). This was probably the first medal bearing Indian words that was ever given to Indians. This rare brass medal would make a wonderful addition to any advanced collection of Indian Peace Medals. The only recent sale we could find of one of these Osage Peace Medals, was a Silver striking in Stack's Ford XVI Sale, which sold in Uncirculated Proof for $5,500.
Five of these Osage medals were struck in silver and presented to leading Chiefs; 25 medals in German Silver, 25 in Brass, and 15 in Copper were struck for presentation to lesser chiefs. An additional 400 pieces were struck in Aluminum for presentation to braves and their wives. The dies for this medal were sold in the Stack's sale of January 16-17, 2007 (Lot 6910).
1911 "Osage" Brass Indian Peace Medals Only 25 Struck
1911, Osage Indian Peace Medal, by Elder, Struck in Brass, Choice Prooflike Uncirculated.
This original 38 mm medal is very attractive and fully prooflike, with lots of original natural, brilliant, golden luster present. These Osage Indian Peace Medals are recorded in "Indian Peace Medals and Related Items" by Rita Laws (pages 41-42). This example is holed at the top for suspension (as usually seen) with just some slight hairlines. These medals were presented by Edward Knox Elder, an Indian trader, to the Osage Indian tribe of Pawhuska, Oklahoma in 1911. The obverse bears the bust of a leading Osage Chief in a fur cap surrounded by Indian legends, which has been translated as, "Osage Chief Bacon Rind". The reverse bears the clasped hands of a White man with an Indian, with Peace pipe and tomahawk above (reminiscent of the U.S. Mint-issued Indian Peace Medals). The legend translates as, "Little Coon" (a name given Elder as a complimentary title). This was probably the first medal bearing Indian words that was ever given to Indians. This rare brass medal would make a wonderful addition to any advanced collection of Indian Peace Medals. The only recent sale we could find of one of these Osage Peace Medals, was a Silver striking in Stack's Ford XVI Sale, which sold in Uncirculated Proof for $5,500.
Five of these Osage medals were struck in silver and presented to leading Chiefs; 25 medals in German Silver, 25 in Brass, and 15 in Copper were struck for presentation to lesser chiefs. An additional 400 pieces were struck in Aluminum for presentation to braves and their wives. The dies for this medal were sold in the Stack's sale of January 16-17, 2007 (Lot 6910).
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1911 Osage Indian Peace Medal Only 25 Struck
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