Medal - Detroit`s 250th Anniversary Eaton Chemical Co.
Medal - Detroit`s 250th Anniversary Eaton Chemical Co.
€457,494.00
Location
United
States (US territories United States)
Year
1951
Type
Medals/Commemorative
medals
Composition
Bronze
Weight
175.55 g
Diameter
73.2 mm
Thickness
5.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain with inscription Script: Latin Lettering: MEDALLIC ART CO. NY. BRONZE
Period
Notice
Rene P. Chambellan
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac coming ashore and having his first encounter with the Native Americans who inhabited the area that would become present-day Detroit. Accompanying Cadillac is a priest (holding a cross) and a flag bearer; Cadillac`s boat/canoe can be seen in the (Detroit) river behind the French figures. Surrounded by the legend and the date.
Obverse lettering
ANTOINE DE LA MOTHE CADILLAC . BORN 5
MAR. 1658 . DIED 15 OCT. 1730
RENE P. CHAMBELLAN
FOUNDER OF DETROIT
WITH HIS COMPANY OF COLONISTS
24 JULY 1701
250TH ANNIVERSARY
1951
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A circa-1838 commercial scene, with the American Hotel and the adjacent original location of Thomas H. Eaton Drugs - the roots of the Eaton Chemical Company. The scene in front of the businesses includes pedestrians along with a variety of horse-drawn wagons/carriages. Surrounded by descriptions and legend.
Reverse lettering
AMERICAN HOTEL BLOCK
BUILT 1807
REMODELED AS HOTEL 1835
S.E. CORNER JEFFERSON AND RANDOLPH
(AMERICAN HOTEL THEO.H.EATON DRUGS)
WHERE, AS A DRUG STORE IN 1838
EATON CHEMICAL AND DYESTUFF COMPANY
WAS ESTABLISHED IN DETROIT BY
THEODORE HORATIO EATON
CANADIAN BRANCHES
WINDSOR AND TORONTO
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Medallic Art Company, New York City, United States (1903-1972)
