that medal I've been tryin to find out about

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Posted By: Keith O'Leary

OK....fun stuff today. Its guessing time. Heres a close up of that "Jimmy Sheckard" medal.

http://www2.propichosting.com/Images/450000294/8.jpg

Looking for ideas. I can't figure out whats in the middle (globe to the left side, but on the right....almost looks like a winged foot)?. The layering in the wings at the top sort of resemble the feather layering on the foot wing (if it is one). The bottom clearly shows a home plate with maybe a foot on it, crossed bats and a ball below. Wondering what everyone else thinks about anything on the medal?

Also...the wording "World's Champions" in quotes with the apostrophe. Is this the wording other medals of the period used? I'm unable to find any pictures of others on the net and hate going through my auction catalog library a page at a time. Does anyone collect these or have any examples? I did find reference to the photogragrapher (Charles Walinger) and he worked in the time frame of 1911-on as a portrait photographer in Chicago.

Open to any suggestions as to how to ID this medal. thanks, Keith

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Posted By: Jeff Mohler

I have never seen a medal like this, nor do I collect them, but I seem to recall that a winged foot represents the god Mercury who was the messenger of the gods. Classically it has been taken to represent the idea of speed. Maybe the winged foot represents speed on the basepaths?

Jeff Mohler

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Posted By: barrysloate

Jeff is correct. The winged foot represents say speed on the ballfield.

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Posted By: identify7

The device inside of the circle, on the right, partially covered by the winged foot appears to be an armless torso with flowing hair.

But I do not see how that interpretation fits the medal theme.

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Posted By: Rob L

Actually, the area above the wing appears to be a leg upto the knee. I darkened the photo up a little bit to show this..

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

It's not that it's wrong; it's that I've never seen it used in sports stuff.
I mean, they dispense with it. Any other examples anyone can think of?

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Posted By: Scott Jeter

a photo of "Happy" Felsch wearing a 1917 Chicago White Sox World Series Pin. Perhaps you could post the scan of the full picture. The 1917 team was associated with a winged ankle (white sock if you will) as well as the giant "S" with the "o" and "x" above and below the curves in the "S." It's just a guess though.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

Just thought I'd confuse the issue a little....