1917-1919 Mount Sinai Hospital Unit, Base Hospital Number Three in World War I Award Medal. By Adolph A. Weinman. Bronze. Choice Mint State.
75 mm. Obv: In the center an upright female figure, with drapery in graceful lines and a cuirass decorated with a caduceus, supports a youth with bandaged head. His left hand grasps a broken sword; his shield is still upon his arm. At the back, a glowering man with helmet, cuirass and greaves, supports a sword on his right shoulder and holds in his left hand a four-headed serpent. At the lower left, a tree stump and ruins in flames. At the right, an oak tree from which a single branch has sprouted. Rev: A wreath with ornate fillets and caduceus. At left, 1917, at right, 1919. Inscription reads IN - COMMEMORATION / OF - THE - PATRIOTIC - SERVICE - OF - THE / PHYSICIANS - SURGEONS - AND - NURSES / COMPRISING - THE - MOUNT SINAI - HOSPITAL - UNIT - BASE - HOSPITAL - NUMBER / THREE - DURING - THE - WORLD - WAR / THIS - MEDAL - IS - PRESENTED / BY - THE - TRUSTEES - OF - MOUNT / SINAI - HOSPITAL - TO, with ribboned panel for awarding below. Unawarded.

Estimate: $300