1812-1962 First National City Bank NY 150 Yrs of Service Bronze Medal Monjo MACO

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1812-1962 First National City Bank NY 150 Yrs of Service Bronze Medal Monjo MACO:
$45.00

Large high relief bronze medal / medallion commemorating First National City Bank (NY) 150 Years of Service (1812-1962) on June 16, 1962. Medallic Art Co., N.Y. 1962. 77mm, 3-1/16\" diameter, 9 oz. Artist: Enrique Monjo. Box and issue note from James S. Rockefeller, Richard S. Perkins and George S. Moore.
In 1976, First National City Bank was renamed Citibank, N.A.
Stunning mid-century medallion / plaque / paperweight with striking detail. Great addition for collectors of exonumia as well as US industry and vintage advertising or commemorative memorabilia.
Obverse: Nude male figure at center with his arms stretched in protective gesture over smaller figures, both male and female, representing agriculture, industry, family, and culture; images of airplane and ship in background symbolize commerce and transportation; legend beneath: \"FIRST .NATIONAL .CITY . BANK .\"Artist\'s name at lower center.Reverse: Treeat center with the bank\'s logo above, bearing legend: \"FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK/NEW YORK\"; band running horizontally across tree trunk is inscribed: \"150 YEARS OF SERVICE\"; legend around border: \"Family . Culture . Commerce . Transportation . Industry . Agriculture .\"Edge Stamp: Medallic Art Co., N.Y. Bronze
Explanation of The Theme of The Medallion, Created in Barcelona, by Enrique Monjo, Spanish Sculptor (1896 - 1976)
\"On the face of the Medallion the heroic central figure represents the spirit of the American People expressed through your many great institutions of which first National City Bank is one. The figure with extended arms offers his help, services and protection to the major elements of American life represented sculpturally around him; family, culture, commerce, transportation, industry and agriculture. Each becomes strengthened through his foresight and inspiration.\"\"On the reverse side of the Medallion, the Tree of Service, bearing the Bank\'s seal in its branches is symbolic of peace, progress, and the promise of tomorrow. A band, through the trunk of the tree, bearing the inscription \'150 Years of Service,\' extends its message of usefulness to Government and the branches of American life inscribed in the border, each of which is represented in the bas-relief on the face. The tree\'s roots are set in the two dates of \"1812-1962\" which represent the span of life of the banking institution.\"
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