Improvements in Medals and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 11th May, 1895
Improvements in Medals and the like.
We, MORLAND MICHOLL DESSAU, of 45 Weymouth Street Portland Place in
the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, and ROBERT EVERS DAISH, of 23 Forth
Street, Edinburgh, N.B., Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the manufacture of medals, tokens and the like, and
will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete medal.
Figure 2 is a sectional view showing the two parts separated, and
Figure 3 is a sectional view of the finished medal.
Like letters represent like parts throughout the drawings.
Referring to Figures 2 and 3, A represents a disc of any suitable material, say
for example, metal, celluloid, rubber, or the like; it is provided with a turned-up
edge or flange A' thus leaving a space which may be filled up with any suitable
filling material, say for example, pitch, plaster, or cement.
B is a disc similar to A, but slightly larger and with a turned-up edge or
flange B' adapted to fit over the flange A', the complete medal then being as
represented in Figure 3 with the filling material C between the two discs.
If the filling material be of an adhesive nature the medal may be regarded as
complete as shown in Figure 3, or if the material of which the discs A and B are
made, is of an adhesive nature, warming, pressure or the like may be employed to
cause the edges to adhere. Or again in the case of metal the edges may be
soldered or sweated or joined in a similar manner, or purely mechanical means may
be employed such as forming grooves D pointed impressions or the like, whereby
the flange B' is forced against or into the inner flange A' so as to prevent the parts
from separating. This operation may be performed in dies or with a milling tool
in a lathe or in other convenient manner.
The discs may, before being placed together, be stamped or ornamented in any
desired manner with any desired device, and the discs may be made of dissimilar
materials and one or both of them may be of transparent material so as to show the
interior which may be of an ornamental or useful nature.
An advantage belonging to this form of medal is that the double rims or
edges A B strengthen the medal and prevent it warping, and give it all the
advantages of a solid medal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is ;-
1. The complete medal token or the like substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a medal token or the like the combination of two flanged discs such
as A A B B' with a filling between substantially as described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
3. In a medal token or the like having flanged edges such as A¹ B' securing
these together by indentations substantially as described.
4. The method or process of manufacturing a medal token or the like which
consists in forming a flanged disc such as A A' filling this with filling material
Price 8d1

page_text: applying another and slightly larger flanged disc such as B B' over the first and
securing the parts together substantially as described.
Dated this 19th day of March 1895.
MORLAND M. DESSAU.
ROBT. E. DAISH.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicants.