by Doug Nichols | Apr 9, 2020 | Artifact |
Third place medal from the 1957 Helene Mayer Memorial. From the Fran Carter collection. Fran was married three times. In 1957, her last name was “Matthies” and she was competing for the Halberstadt School of Fencing. The previous year, 1956, she...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 6, 2020 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Craus, Polly, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Funke, Erich, Halberstadt, Hans, Jan York, Lane, Arthur, Nadi, Aldo, Uyttenhove, Henri, Vince, Joseph |
I love running across old photos of fencers. It doesn’t matter who’s in them or what condition they’re in for me to be fascinated with the discovery and the challenge of putting names to faces. Sometimes, although not very often, I get the...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 2, 2020 | Artifact |
The 1951 First Place trophy for the Gerda d’Egnuff Women’s Foil competition. This foil was won by Francis “Fran” Carter. I haven’t yet tracked down what year this tournament began, or for how many years it was held. This weapon was...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Okawa, Heziburo, Piller, George, Richards, Ed |
Ebay can be tricky to navigate. Not in a general sense. However, sometimes real gems can be found that are hidden between the lines when sellers don’t have a clue about what they’re selling. Case in point; today’s subject. I was able to purchase...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 26, 2020 | Artifact |
A hand-engraved medal from the Colonel Laurance Brownlee collection. I love this medal. Awarded by the Letterman Army Hospital, Colonel Brownlee has taken something sharp and engraved the back in his own handwriting to note the significance of the medal. It reads,...
