126 REPORT OF NATIOJ^AL MUSEUM, 1922. 



such material in the Museum the following fine specimens of Ameri- 

 can coins: A Bechtler gold dollar, a gold quarter eagle issued 1907 

 and a gold quarter eagle issued 1908, a gold eagle issued 1907, two 

 silver dollars issued 1921, one representing the old design and one 

 representing the new design of that year. 



To the collection of American decorations were added two ex- 

 amples of the bronze medal recently designed for presentation to 

 officers of the United States Marine Corps who have been awarded 

 brevet commissions for distinguished conduct and public service in 

 the presence of the enemy. From the National Rifle Association of 

 America, through Brig. Gen. Fred H. Phillips, jr., secretary of the 

 association, was received an almost complete set of the medals, 

 badges, buttons, clasps, and ribbons of the association. The collec- 

 tion of copies of scientific medals of award has been increased by 

 the addition of replicas of the Mary Clark Thompson gold medal, 

 awarded by the National Academy of Sciences to Dr. Charles D. 

 Walcott for researches in geology and paleontology, and the gold 

 medal awarded by that society to Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles for 

 eminence in the application of science to the public welfare. These 

 two medals have been lent by the National Academy of Sciences. 

 A number of interesting and artistic commemorative medals have 

 been received, among which are medals commemorating the following 

 events: The centennial anniversary of the University of Virginia, 

 1919; the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin 

 Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, 1920; the visit of Marshal 

 Foch to the United States, 1921 ; and the sixtieth anniversary of the 

 founding of the firm of John Wanamaker, 1921 ; the one hundred and 

 fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Royal Academy of Bel- 

 gium, 1922; and the unveiling of a monument to Gen. Jose de Ur- 

 quiza at Buenos Aires, 1920. Copies were also received of the gold 

 medal presented by the school children of the United States to Mar- 

 shal Foch, 1922, and of the medal issued by the Century Association 

 and American Numismatic Society in commemoration of the career 

 of Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) and of the Kiwanis Club 

 service medal, Pennsylvania district. From the American medalist, 

 Adam Pietz, was received a collection of commemorative and decora- 

 tive medals, plaques, and medalets designed bj'^ the donor. The col- 

 lection includes pqrtrait medals of Franklin, Marshall, Decatur, 

 Lincoln, and Roosevelt. 



During the past fiscal year, the philatelic collections have been 

 increased by 5,074 specimens, consisting of recent foreign issues re- 

 ceived by the Post Office Department from the Bureau of the Inter- 

 national Postal Union, Berne, Switzerland, and transferred to the 

 Museum by that department. 



