Description: Condition is used. See pictures for condition. Ships USPS ground advantage. The medal's obverse depicts various refinery operations with a worker in the foreground. Around, TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY COMMEMORATING THEIR / PRODUCTION OF ONE BILLION GALLONS OF 100 OCTANE GASOLINE AT BAYTOWN REFINERY, below, DECEMBER 14, 1944 / HOUSTON, TEXAS The reverse bears three flying fortresses dropping bombs. In lower half of field, YOUR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCING A BILLION GALLONS OF / 100 OCTANE GASOLINE HAS GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO / THE GAINING OF AIR SUPREMACY OVER OUR ENEMIES / (signature of General H H Arnold) / GENERAL U.S. ARMY / COMMANDING GENERAL ARMY AIR FORCES On December 14, 1945 the 14,000 employees of Humble Oil & Refining Company were honored at a ceremony celebrating the manufacture of a billion gallons of finished 100 Octane Aviation Gasoline at the company's Baytown refinery. A medal was commissioned to commemorate the event and Chambellan was chosen to design and model it. The medal measures 62mm in diameter and was struck by the Medallic Art Company of New York.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Midland, Texas
End Time: 2024-10-05T20:59:56.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Composition: Bronze
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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