Circle of Friends of the Medallion Issue No. 10, 1914.  "Peace for One Hundred Years".  Bronze, 70mm.  By John Mowbray-Clark.  Obverse: Two kinsmen locked in a struggle for supremacy, like wrestlers waiting for an opportunity; between them a couple of men-of-war under sail seen far off in a blur of smoke; the wrestlers and ships symbolize the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States with the inscriptions INTER · FRATRES · BELLVM · VLTIMVM · (The last war between brothers) and below MEDALLIONI · / AMICORVM · / SVMPTIS · (at the expense of the Friends of the Medallion).  Reverse: Angel of Peace between American eagle and British lion; PAX / PER / C / AN / NOS. The medal was designed to celebrate the harmony that existed among English speaking people in all parts of the world.  Struck by J.K. Davison, Philadelphia.  Condition: EXTREMELY FINE.

The Circle of Friends of the Medallion was America’s first private collector medal series, an important forerunner of the Society of Medalists series.  The Circle of Friends issued a total of twelve medals from 1909 to 1915, and it is estimated that no more than 500 of any of the medals were issued.  Leading medalists of the time were commissioned to design the medals using interesting themes, often commemorating significant events, places or people.  The medals were privately issued in die-cut pages bound in descriptive tan cloth books.