VOCABULARY TERM: FREE-STANDING MEDAL

Free-Standing A medallic item which has a base broad enough to support the item standing on edge. Both medals and medallic objects have been issued with such an integral function. Robert Weinman's 1987 Society of Medalists issue number 115, his Cat and Mouse, will stand upright, as an example of such a medal. A medallic object, one of many, is Roy Lichtenstein's 1969 Salute to Airmail.

   

This medal was chosen as the 115th issue of the prestigious Society of Medalists series in 1987.

The obverse bears slice of Swiss cheese with mouse emerging from hole at lower right; cat peeking around corner at left.

The concordant reverse shows the other side of the Swiss cheese with body of cat, tail curled at feet. Behind right forepaw, signed RAW

The medal measures 69mm x 55mm and was produced by the Medallic Art Company. The reported mintage is 750 pieces in bronze.

To read the complete article, see:
Cat and Mouse 1987 (http://medallicartcollector.org/som-115.shtml)

   

Roy Lichtenstein
American, 1923–1997
Salute to Airmail, 1968
Bronze with gold plate
4.5 x 2.56 in. (11.43 x 6.5 cm.)
Inscribed; and numbered, '40/50' on side

To read the complete article, see:
Roy Lichtenstein American, 1923–1997 Salute to Airmail, 1968 (https://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/roy-lichtenstein/salute-to-airmail-3)

To read the complete (short!) entry on the Newman Numismatic Portal, see:
Free-Standing (https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/dictionarydetail/515961)

 

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