Medals

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Lincoln the Postmaster 1833-1983.

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Description: On July 1, 1983, the U.S. Postal Service organized a contingent of a stage coach, mail wagon, cavalry, pony express riders and walkers to carry the mail from
Lincoln's New Salem Post Office to Springfield, Illinois. Those who completed this 22-mile Post Road walk were presented with one of these bronze medals, the Walking Lincoln. Since the weather was 1001, very few people were able to finish the walk and the remaining medals were destroyed. Being the organizer and the publisher of the special Abraham Lincoln ~ The Boy, The Man, to commemorate this occasion, Phil Wagner was awarded three (3) medals....one for walking, one for publishing and one for organizing. The three were pinned with red, white and blue ribbons.

1. Walking Lincoln carrying mail down the Post Road (1 scarce) Price ea. $50.00 2. Lincoln sorting mail in front of his New Salem Post Office (for organizing the event) (1 scarce) $100.00 3. Commemorating the nation's 200th birthday, July 4, 1976. 32" diameter, gold finish metal disk with a silver 2" diameter Lincoln bust. Presented to Phil Wagner for his effort in the bicentennial celebration. These events were to help the D.E.A.F. organization raise money for a meeting hall. Medal is inscribed on back 200th Birthday, 4 July-1976 Springfield, Illinois.