Vtg Spirit Of Detroit Bronze Medal Coin Jerome P Cavanagh Mayor Detroit Michigan For Sale

Vintage 1960s Spirit Of Detroit Bronze Medal Coin Presented by Jerome P Cavanagh Mayor Detroit Michigan

The City of Detroit bronze medallion featuring the official city seal, designed around 1963 by sculptor Marshall Fredericks.

Key Details

• Design: The reverse shows two classical female figures with the Latin mottos \"Speramus Meliora\" (\"We hope for better things\") and \"Resurget Cineribus\" (\"It shall rise from the ashes\"), commemorating the 1805 fire of Detroit.

• Obverse: The other side features Marshall Fredericks\' famous \"The Spirit of Detroit\" statue and was typically presented by Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh.

• Maker: Struck by the Medallic Art Company of New York, commonly in bronze or silver