NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: MAY 24, 2026

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V29 2026 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 29, Number 21, 2026, Article 13

Numismagram's Jeremy Bostwick sent along these five medals from his most recent upload of new material to his site. For all of the new items, please visit https://www.numismagram.com/inventory. -Garrett

103268 | UNITED STATES & ITALY. Christopher Columbus bronze Medal. Issued 1892 for the Italian-American Exposition held in Genova (55mm, 85.17 g, 12h). By Eligio Pintore for Bocelli in Milano.

CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, bust left // ESPOSIZIONE ITALO–AMERICANA / GENOVA MDCCCLXXXXII, native princess (representing America) and civic personification of Genova, holding trident and resting hand upon shield, standing right; to right, personification of Italy seated left on throne, holding scepter and with lion at her side; above, angel in flight, emerging from clouds and holding laurel wreath in each hand; tower in background to left, lighthouse in background to right; all set upon base decorated with crowned janiform head. Edge: Plain.

Eglit 200; Starlust ST-eg-200; Rulau –; lamoneta.it W-ME54/1-3. Mint State. Deep brown surfaces, with a great glossy nature. Though not related to the 1893 Columbian Expo held in Chicago, a rare piece of Columbiana nonetheless.

During the lead-up to the quadricentennial of Columbus's initial contact with the New World, numerous medals were designed and struck, both in the United States—in conjunction with the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago—and abroad—sometimes for this event of for similar others. This particular medal was issued for the Italian-American Exposition held in 1892 in Genova—the city in which the famous explorer was born.

103442 | SWEDEN. Christina Nilsson bronze Medal. Issued 1917. Commemorating the operatic soprano (50mm, 56.17 g, 12h). By Erik Lindberg.

CHRISTINA NILSSON DE CASA MIRANDA, bust right; FRÅN / BEUNDRARE / AF HENNES / KONST (from an admirer of her art) in four lines to right // SNART EN VÄRLD TILL SÅNGEN LYSSNAR (soon a world will listen to the song), young girl standing right, playing violin and being guided by female personification of Song; songbirds flying around. Edge: BRONS 1917.

Ehrensvärd 200. Choice Mint State. Tan-brown surfaces, with a great matte nature.

103632 | GERMANY & FRANCE. "The Enemy is on the Right" cast bronze Medal. Dated 1922. On the statements made by the Chancellor, Dr. Wirth (60mm, 12h). By Karl Goetz in München.

ALSO SPRACH BISMARCKS NACHFOLGER (thus spoke Bismarck's successor...), half-length bust right of Chancellor Dr. Joseph Wirth, holding nightcap of the German Michel and pointing behind him, speaking "DER FEIND / STEHT RECHTS" (the enemy is on the right) // NICHT RECHTS NICHT LINKS, AM / RHEIN / HERR KANZLER! (not on the right, nor the left, but on the Rhine, Mr. Chancellor!), caricature of French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré as a helmeted crawling monster left.

Kienast 293. NGC AU-55. Pleasing brown surfaces, with some darker hues around the devices.

A successor to the Chancellor's role once occupied by Otto von Bismarck, Dr. Joseph Wirth served as the German Chancellor for a year-and-a-half during the Weimar period, making a fairly famous speech in front of the Reichstag in which he indicated that "...there stands the enemy, who drips his poison into the wounds of a people. There stands the enemy, and about it there is no doubt: the enemy is on the Right!" Here, indicating that the far right elements in Germany posed the greatest threat to her. Goetz, however, attempts to show the error in Wirth's thinking, stating that the enemy of Germany was neither on the right or the left, but on the Rhine in the form of the occupying French forces. Little over a decade later, however, Wirth's concerns about the right wing in Germany would prove correct, given the rise of national socialism, or Nazism, and the beginning of the Third Reich.

103582 | UNITED STATES. "Apache Buffalo Hunt" bronze Medal. Issued 1959 (72mm, 184.49 g, 12h). By Allan Houser for the Society of Medalists, and struck by the Medallic Art Co. in New York City.

APACHE FIRE DANCER, Native American dancing right, holding sword in each hand // APACHE BUFFALO HUNT, Native American riding horse right, drawing bow; in background, buffaloes running right. Edge: THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS 59TH ISSUE–MAY 1959 ALLAN HOUSER, SC / MEDALLIC ART CO. NY BRONZE.

Alexander SOM-59.1. Gem Mint State. Light bronze surfaces. For an in-depth look at Houser's medallic art, as well as further commentary on this medal, please see "The Medallic Works of Allan Houser" by William Hyder in The MCA Advisory, Spring 2026 (pp 39-43).

103602 | UNITED STATES. Leonard Bernstein bronze Medal. Issued 1993. Jewish-American Hall of Fame series: commemorating the famous conductor and composer (47mm x 45mm, 75.88 g, 12h). By Marika Somogyi for the Medalcraft mint.

JAHF 25. Choice Mint State. Brassy-bronze surfaces. Serially numbered 189 of 650.