MEDAL - INT ' L PETROLEUM EXPO - 1959 - NATL BANK OF COMMERCE - SILVER 0X BW - 732
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NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE MEDAL ...; PAWHUSKA, OK
NICKEL-SILVER OXIDE FINISH / 1 1/2 INCHES DIAMETER TOTAL MINTAGE OF 250 PCS. / IN MINT CONDITION
FOR MORE INFORMATION - SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTION BELOW
PETROLEUM CENTENNIAL MEDALS 1859 -1959
In May of 1959, (at the International Petroleum Exposition), the petroleum industry celebrated its centennial at Tulsa, OK. The exposition was International in scope and included attendance from over fifty countries. More than a thousands exhibits, valued in excess of $500, 000, 000, featured the latest advance in exploration, drilling p;production, pipelining and refining equipment and services. The Hall of Science exhibited improvements that took place since the last show held in 1953 - The Space Age of science and engineering.
Permission was granted R.G. Fister of 1028 N. Dearborn St. Chicago, Ill. formally from Pawhuska, OK , to use the insignia of the International Petroleum Exposition for the purpose of striking an official medal to commemorate a hundred years of progress in the field of petroleum.
Inspired by the aims of the People-to People Program, and the Peace dollar campaign of Vernon L. Brown, curator of the Chase Manhattan Bank Museum of Moneys of the World, Fister requested and secured permission to add the word PEACE to the insignia of the International Petroleum Exposition. The reverse of the medal includes the Drake oil well of 1859 contrasted with a modern rotary drill with the word PROGRESS in addition to the commemorative legend around the edge of the medal.
In addition to the regular official petroleum medal described, medals were produced for fourteen different individuals or firms who used the reverse for their own individual insignia. All medals are one and a quarter inches in diameter (size 20) with plain edges. Mr. Fister had the medals struck by Meyer & Wenthe of Chicago. Some were struck with different metals.
R.G. Fister (Russell Gayhardt) had several medals minted for him by Meyer & Wenthe in addition to the above, The Soil Conservation Medal HK 574; The Oklahoma Semi-Centennial Medal; Osage Indians; and others.
He died in 1975 and I purchased all of the medals from his estate that he owned at that time.
WE WILL SHIP ALL THE LOTS YOU BUY, FOR $3.00 , AND PAY FOR, ON ONE INVOICE.
IF YOU BUY MORE THAN ONE LOT , DO NOT PAY UNTIL WE SEND YOU A COMBINED INVOICE.
WE ARE THE HOME OF SUDDEN SERVICE
NICKEL-SILVER OXIDE FINISH / 1 1/2 INCHES DIAMETER TOTAL MINTAGE OF 250 PCS. / IN MINT CONDITION
FOR MORE INFORMATION - SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTION BELOW
PETROLEUM CENTENNIAL MEDALS 1859 -1959
In May of 1959, (at the International Petroleum Exposition), the petroleum industry celebrated its centennial at Tulsa, OK. The exposition was International in scope and included attendance from over fifty countries. More than a thousands exhibits, valued in excess of $500, 000, 000, featured the latest advance in exploration, drilling p;production, pipelining and refining equipment and services. The Hall of Science exhibited improvements that took place since the last show held in 1953 - The Space Age of science and engineering.
Permission was granted R.G. Fister of 1028 N. Dearborn St. Chicago, Ill. formally from Pawhuska, OK , to use the insignia of the International Petroleum Exposition for the purpose of striking an official medal to commemorate a hundred years of progress in the field of petroleum.
Inspired by the aims of the People-to People Program, and the Peace dollar campaign of Vernon L. Brown, curator of the Chase Manhattan Bank Museum of Moneys of the World, Fister requested and secured permission to add the word PEACE to the insignia of the International Petroleum Exposition. The reverse of the medal includes the Drake oil well of 1859 contrasted with a modern rotary drill with the word PROGRESS in addition to the commemorative legend around the edge of the medal.
In addition to the regular official petroleum medal described, medals were produced for fourteen different individuals or firms who used the reverse for their own individual insignia. All medals are one and a quarter inches in diameter (size 20) with plain edges. Mr. Fister had the medals struck by Meyer & Wenthe of Chicago. Some were struck with different metals.
R.G. Fister (Russell Gayhardt) had several medals minted for him by Meyer & Wenthe in addition to the above, The Soil Conservation Medal HK 574; The Oklahoma Semi-Centennial Medal; Osage Indians; and others.
He died in 1975 and I purchased all of the medals from his estate that he owned at that time.
WE WILL SHIP ALL THE LOTS YOU BUY, FOR $3.00 , AND PAY FOR, ON ONE INVOICE.
IF YOU BUY MORE THAN ONE LOT , DO NOT PAY UNTIL WE SEND YOU A COMBINED INVOICE.
WE ARE THE HOME OF SUDDEN SERVICE
