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Medal, Prize

Object number2013.23.15 a-c

Manufacturer Dieges & Clust

Manufacturer Heeren Brothers and Company (founded 1867)

Date1929

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumBronze/Nylon/Paper

Credit LineGift of Gerald Ziskind

DescriptionPrize medal with original box. Bronze metal attached to blue and yellow nylon ribbon. Embossed on obverse of medal is school information; embossed in center is an image of a man leaping through a capital "P". Reverse has embossed event and award information; maker's mark on bottom edge. Grey box with removable beige satin insert inside.Dimensions(a) Height: 3 ; Width: 1.375
(b) H: 3.5 ; W: 2.375 ; Depth: .375
(c) H: 3.5 ; W: 2.25 ; D: .625
Inscriptionsa)
Embossed on obverse of medal: "UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH / INTERSCHOLASTIC"; embossed in center is an image of a man leaping through a capital "P".

Reverse: embossed, "22ND ANNUAL / TRACK & FIELD / MEET / MAY 25, 1929" engraved below in gold, "4TH PLACE / MILE RELAY".

(c)
Handwriting in pink ink "No. 39" and illegible text in pencil on base.
Marksa)
Maker's mark on bottom edge "[image of an eagle with "D" & "C" on bottom] / "DIEGES&CLUST".

(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.

Related institution University of Pittsburgh

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