by Doug Nichols | May 21, 2020 | Artifact |
SoCal Division medal from 1947 and NorCal from 1952. Two more from the Fran Carter collection, the Southern Cal medal is for a Junior Women’s Foil event. The NorCal medal is from a Women’s Foil event in 1952. Two more excellent examples of the changing...
by Doug Nichols | May 14, 2020 | Artifact |
A trio of medals from the Nor Cal Division’s 1952/1953 season won by Fran Carter. A silver medal for Women’s Intermediate Foil and gold in Women’s Intermediate Foil Team and Women’s Handicap Foil. I’m not sure how they ran their...
by Doug Nichols | May 7, 2020 | Artifact |
The Halberstadt Women’s Foil trophy, circa 1956. This foil was won by Fran Carter, the name she is best known by. Married three times, in 1956 she was known as Fran Matthies. The Halberstadt Women’s Foil was held annually beginning in 1952. Tommy Angell...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 30, 2020 | Artifact |
Another gold medal from the collection of Fran Carter. This medal is from the Southern California division for a Women’s Junior Team Foil competition held in 1948. Fran was representing the Halberstadt School of Fencing. At this time, “Junior” was...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 23, 2020 | Artifact |
First Place medal from the 1951 Pacific Coast Championships. Fran Carter won the Women’s Intermediate Foil contest in 1951, representing the Halberstadt School of Fencing.
by Doug Nichols | Apr 16, 2020 | Artifact |
Two small medallions from Hans Halberstadt. These medallions doubled as medals or as decorations for the various designs Hans used for the Halberstadt Sabre annual trophies. There is nothing on the back of either of these to indicate how they were awarded, or if...
