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FITZGERALD, Desmond  (1846-1926) painter, designer.
           Born Nassau, British West Indies, 1846.
           Died 1926.
           Signed design DF initials.

           M   E   D   A   L   S

1924 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Holley
           Medal (designed by Fitzgerald, modeled by John
           Wilson; probably struck by Gorham) . . . . . . . . . . . .

           R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S    &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S 
1924 Holley Medal (reissued by the Society; struck by
           Medallic Art Co) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1931-076

           B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 229.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 204.
AE3 {1991} Chadbourne, et al, p 169.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1134.
"There has been no scholar better qualified to create 'the American Forrer' than Dick Johnson."
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