1909 Gunboat U.S.S. Nashville Medal. Silver. Mint State.
38.5 mm x 76.5 mm, rectangular. This attractive medal notes the arrival in Chicago of the largest warship that had ever passed through the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes. Issued by the Chicago Numismatic Society under the leadership of Virgil M. Brand, who volunteered to pay cash for half of the 100 silver medals issued. Still with its original custom-fitted, velvet-lined box. (Total: 1 medal; a box)
From our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Virgil M. Brand Collection, Part II, June 1984, lot 1158; our ANA Auction of August 2018, lot 118.

Estimate: $400