TYPE: Medal
COMPONENTS: Sixteen total New York City mayoral reception badges and medals.
NOTES: Some duplication.
ITEM ID: 4089
Jimmy Walker: Assorted New York City Mayoral Badges and Medals
DATE
Century: 20th (1901-2000)
Notes: 1917-1932
Medals from as early as 1917, though most are from the term of flamboyant mayor Jimmy Walker, circa 1926 through 1932.
One medal features the visage of Fiorello H. La Guardia. Another was issued in conjunction with the reception for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in 1927. Two examples honor Admiral Richard Byrd (1927 and 1930) while another honors aviators Koehl, Fitzmaurice and von Huenefeld.
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