1933 Century of Progress Exposition 25th Anniversary of General Motors Medal, Obverse and Reverse Shells, by Norman Bel Geddes, Silver, About Uncirculated, with Binder of Related Ephemera.
128 mm. Obverse Shell: Futuristic streamlined winged automobile with peripheral inscription TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF / MOTOR TRANSPORTATION, signed NORMAN BEL GEDDES (copyright) 1933 below automobile. Reverse Shell: Stylized automobile piston with dates 1933 and 1908 at the upper left and lower right, respectively, peripheral inscription COMMEMORATING THE TWENTY FIFTH / ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL MOTORS. The shells are mounted together on a dark blue felt-lined wooden base. The accompanying binder includes magazines, newspaper clippings and other publications and articles, most dated 1933 or thereabouts, and all picturing and/or discussing this General Motors medal. (Total: 2 shells; 1 binder)
From the Dick Johnson Collection.

Estimate: $300