Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

United States of America, 25th Anniversary of General Motors, Detroit, 1933, a plated Art Déco medal by N. Bel Geddes for the Medallic Art Co, iconic streamlined car speeding right, elevation of futuristic building behind, rev. revolving piston, 76mm. Some spotting, particularly on reverse, otherwise about very fine and an iconic medal, rare (£90-120)

Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958), the art déco designer, worked in a Chicago ad agency designing posters for General Motors and Packard. He was one America’s foremost and far-seeing sculptors whose work reached its apogee in the late 1930s