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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 1035342, member: 59"]Okay - The maker was the August C Frank Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1894 by August Conrad Frank. They made " custom medals", sports awards, badges and advertising coins. They sold the medal division in 1972 to Medallic Art Company of Danbury, Connecticut. </p><p><br /></p><p>The S on the bar at the top probably indicates that the top ribbon holder was made by someone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest that you contact the SUVCW to find out when these medallions were made and whether your father would have received them in recognition of the work he did for them. They are easy to contact via the website I linked above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 1035342, member: 59"]Okay - The maker was the August C Frank Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1894 by August Conrad Frank. They made " custom medals", sports awards, badges and advertising coins. They sold the medal division in 1972 to Medallic Art Company of Danbury, Connecticut. The S on the bar at the top probably indicates that the top ribbon holder was made by someone else. I suggest that you contact the SUVCW to find out when these medallions were made and whether your father would have received them in recognition of the work he did for them. They are easy to contact via the website I linked above.[/QUOTE]
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