1921 Unfinished Marshal Foch American Visit Medal. Bronze. 78.1 mm. By Robert Aitken. Miller-43. About Uncirculated. Obv: Facing uniformed bust of Foch, WWI Allied Supreme Commander. Rev: Winged armored Liberty with American Legion, French, and U.S. shields by the creator of the Panama-Pacific Exposition gold $50 coins. There were 206 bronze examples struck by Medallic Art Co., but this trial piece on an untrimmed planchet is probably one-of-a-kind. Miller does not note trial strikes of this medal in any composition in his exhaustive work on American Numismatic Society medals. From the Richard Jewell Collection.
