that medal I've been tryin to find out about

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Posted By: Keith O'Leary

OK....fun stuff today. Its guessing time. Heres a close up of that "Jimmy Sheckard" medal.

http://www2.propichosting.com/Images/450000294/8.jpg

Looking for ideas. I can't figure out whats in the middle (globe to the left side, but on the right....almost looks like a winged foot)?. The layering in the wings at the top sort of resemble the feather layering on the foot wing (if it is one). The bottom clearly shows a home plate with maybe a foot on it, crossed bats and a ball below. Wondering what everyone else thinks about anything on the medal?

Also...the wording "World's Champions" in quotes with the apostrophe. Is this the wording other medals of the period used? I'm unable to find any pictures of others on the net and hate going through my auction catalog library a page at a time. Does anyone collect these or have any examples? I did find reference to the photogragrapher (Charles Walinger) and he worked in the time frame of 1911-on as a portrait photographer in Chicago.

Open to any suggestions as to how to ID this medal. thanks, Keith