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Medal, Prize

Object number2013.23.14 a-c

Manufacturer Heeren Brothers and Company (founded 1867)

Date1927-1928

OriginPittsburgh, PA

OriginPittsburg, PA

MediumBronze/Nylon/Paper

Credit LineGift of Gerald Ziskind

DescriptionPrize medal with original box. Bronze metal attached to black and yellow nylon ribbon. Embossed on both sides of medal is prize information. Embossed on front is an image of a man's profile, with his proper left arm raised in the air, gripping an olive wreath crown. Grey box with beige satin insert attached inside.Dimensions(a) Height: 3 ; Width: 1.375
(b) H: 3.5 ; W: 2.375 ; Depth: .375
(c) H: 3.375 ; W: 2.375 ; D: .625
Inscriptions(a)
Embossed on obverse of medal: "TIS DEEDS / MUST WIN / THE PRIZE / PITTSBURGH / HIGH SCHOOLS / DEPT. OF HYGIENE".

Reverse: embossed, "SENIOR / HIGH SCHOOL / ATHLETIC / CHAMPIONSHIPS / 1927-28" engraved below, "MILE RELAY".
Marks(a)
Maker's mark on right edge "HEERENBROS&CO / PITTSBURG,PA."

(b)
Maker's information printed in blue, in center "HEEREN BROS. CO. / MANUFACTURING JEWELERS / PITTSBURGH".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of WWII insignia patches and ribbon insignia, Pittsburgh High School, Department of Hygiene medals and a political armband that document the Ziskind family and compliments their archival collection in the Rauh Jewish archives and the book Brothers Three by Colonel Jack Ziskind also in the HHC archives. The three brothers all served in Europe during WWII. They grew up in the Friendship neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Their sister Zelda went to medical school and “delivered half the babies in East Liberty” according to the brothers.

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