Maple Leaf Games medal awarded to Eulace Peacock
date: label: Date
content: March 22, 1935
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Birks Group, Canadian, founded 1879
label: Issued by
content: Achilles Club of Toronto, Canadian
label: Received by
content: Eulace Peacock, American, 1914 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: Conn Smythe, Canadian, 1895 - 1980
notes: label: Description
content: A Maple Leaf Games medal awarded to Eulace Peacock on March 22, 1935. The gold toned medal is maple leaf shaped, and is hanging from a bar by two (2) short chains. The year of the event is printed in relief text on the bar, [19] and [35]. The year is divided by a white enamel winged foot with a green enamel [A] over the foot. On the obverse of the medal is relief text that reads [MAPLE LEAF GAMES / TORONTO / MARCH 22ND. / ACHILLES CLUB / OF TORONTO]. Above the text is a small, white, round stone set near the top of the leaf. The reverse of the medal, near the bottom edge, is a stamped maker’s mark for Birks Ellis that reads [BIRKS ELLIS], below a three leaf mark insignia.
place: label: Place used
content: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Track and field
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2014.63.105.1.46
objectType: label: Type
content: pins (fasteners)
label: Type
content: medals
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal with silk, dye, thread and enamel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 1 15/16 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in. (4.9 × 3.2 × 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (medal): 1 1/2 × 1 3/16 × 1/16 in. (3.8 × 3 × 0.2 cm)