Artist Name

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• The Mayflower Medal 1976

  by Anthony Notaro

  

  SOM-94.1

  Golden bronze with tan patina

  

  SOM-94.2

  Silver

  This medal was chosen as the 94th issue of the prestigious Society of Medalists series in 1976.

  The obverse bears self-portrait of the sculptor and his immigrant family in seventeenth-century dress. Above, PILGRIMS / ARE WE / ALL; to right, signed ANTHONY NOTARO

  The reverse bears a small three-masted sailing ship in the ocean. Below, MAYFLOWER

  Anthony Notaro arrived in the United States at age seven and, in the year of the American Bicentennial, went back to the country's immigrant roots. He wrote in the medal's brochure:

  "The ship of the Pilgrims was the Mayflower, ours was the Dante Alighieri. Both ships were similar -carrying people from a world they new to a strange land in quest for something better. It is this thought that has made me realize what the original Pilgrims must have gone through and why they were thankful for the bounty and opportunity they found here. This medal is dedicated to all brave immigrants who came to build a great new country."

  This medal measures 73mm in diameter and was produced by the Medallic Art Company which struck 1,000 pieces in bronze and 140 in silver.

  SOM-94.1

  Bronze

  73.0mm (2.87in)

  Golden bronze with tan patina

  THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS 94TH ISSUE - OCTOBER 1976, ANTHONY NOTARO, SC.(C)

  (C) MEDALLIC ART CO., DANBURY, CT.-BRONZE

  SOM-94.2

  Silver

  73.0mm (2.87in)

  THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS 94TH ISSUE - OCTOBER 1976, ANTHONY NOTARO, SC.(C)

  (C) MEDALLIC ART CO. DANBURY, CT. .999 FINE SILVER

  Last modified: 18 Jul 2015