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UNITED STATES: AE medal, 1928, XF

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UNITED STATES: AE medal, 1928, XF
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UNITED STATES: AE medal, 1928, Baxler-359, DoT-645, 69mm bronze Congressional award medal for Charles Lindbergh in Memory of his Atlantic Flight by Laura Gardin Fraser, helmeted bust right with LINDBERGH - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around and MEDAL - OF / THE - CONGRESS flanking the portrait and tiny ACT MAY 4 / 1928 at lower right of bust // eagle in flight right above lenticular cloud with radiant sun at lower left with earth at bottom and stars above, matte finish, plain edge, XF. Laura Gardin (1889-1966) studied under James Earle Fraser whom she married in 1913. The couple purchased a house in Westport, Connecticut and built a studio that would remain the center of their professional lives till the very end. James Earle Fraser is best known for his design of the Indian head or Buffalo nickel. She designed a large number of medals, including the Lindbergh, George C. Marshall, and Benjamin Franklin Congressional Medals of Honor, the U.S. Army and Navy Chaplains medal, as well as medals for the National Geographic Society, the American Bar Association, the National Sculpture Society and many others. Laura Fraser only cooperated with her husband on one project, the Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar. She survived James by 13 years to die childless on August 13, 1966. Without heirs, their studio was demolished and many of their plaster models and dies were disposed of or destroyed.