General Motors Medal, 1893 - 1955

Not on View

silver

overall (diameter): 7.62 cm (3 in.)

2015.19.3652.1.b

Norman Bel Geddes (designer) American, 1893 - 1958

Rene Paul Chambellan (engraver/modeler) American, 1893 - 1955

Medallic Art Company (manufacturer) American, est. 1910 - closed 2016

around circumference upper right: TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF across on center left MOTOR TRANSPORTATION

lower center signed NORMAN BEL GEDDES copyright encircled 1933

Acquired 1933 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Medallic Art Company