1927 AL Champs Yankees Medal

[sports-rings]

wow, what a great piece.

I suspect that this item was not ordered by the team. The Yankees had already established a relationship with Dieges & Clust in 1927 and later with Balfour when Dieges & Clust was broken apart and resold.

Dieges & Clust, and later Balfour, made all the World Series rings for the Yankees, and also the AL Championship rings when the Yankees appeared in the World Series and lost. These two companies also made various trophies and other awards, for the Yankees.

Also, I notice the word "Yankees" does not appear on the item. Perhaps these medals were sold to fans (was there even a market for such things back then?) or perhaps there was another league called the "American League"?

[rholmes]

Thanks for commenting! I think it unlikely as well that this was ordered by the team. I do tend to think it was made with the Yankees in mind- the proximity of Newark to NY just makes me believe in the connection- but as for the purpose of its making, who knows? At the least it's an interesting and pretty cool oddball Yankees item.

I actually threw this up on ebay this morning with a fairly low start and saying what I know and don't know about the medal. Let the people decide (apologies for the ad- I realize this is not the BST but thought I should mention it).