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ROBERT VAN WYCK - Inauguration Souvenir Medal FIRST MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY 1898
ROBERT VAN WYCK - Inauguration Souvenir Medal FIRST MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY 1898

ROBERT VAN WYCK - Inauguration Souvenir Medal FIRST MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY 1898

$ 26.37

Availability: 13 in stock
  • Theme: Political
  • Condition: Unused
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Type: Medal
  • Country/Region: United States
  • Year: 1898
  • Material: White Metal
  • Politician: Mayor

    Description

    ROBERT VAN WYCK - Inauguration Souvenir Medal FIRST MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY 1898
    ROBERT VAN WYCK - Inauguration Souvenir Medal FIRST MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY 1898
    Souvenir Medal of the Inauguration of Robert A. Van Wyck as the First Mayor of New York City, 1898.  (Ribbon is missing).
    Robert Anderson Van Wyck - 1849-1918 Served as the first mayor of New York City after the consolidation of five boroughs into the City of Greater New York in 1898 to 1901.   He directed construction of the Interborough Rapid Transit, the first subway in Manhattan and provided for the construction of the proposed Brooklyn Tunnel. One of seven children, served as a Confederate Regimental Surgeon.
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