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SOM#018, Gertrude K. Lathrop, Conserve Wildlife, 1938
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Photo by John Birks
Numbers Issued: 1,025 Bronze, 100 Silver
From the Artist:
"On this medal I have shown the pronghorn antelope and the brilliantly colored wood duck. Both were fighting for existence a few years ago. But through the efforts of conservationists they have rallied, though American's only antelope, like many other animals, exists almost entirely on reservations. Land has been drained and improved, but the duck has been left without breeding ground, and the game bird without cover. ... The way to save them is to attempt to provide them with conditions under which they will thrive, and not to kill them. There are many of us who will fight for them, that we may see them, not only behind glass, but walking, running, flying and swimming as they fulfill the mission for which they were created. "
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![SOM#018, Gertrude K. Lathrop, Conserve Wildlife, 1938
[b]Photo by John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,025 Bronze, 100 Silver[/i]
[b]From the Artist:[/b]
"On this medal I have shown the pronghorn antelope and the brilliantly colored wood duck. Both were fighting for existence a few years ago. But through the efforts of conservationists they have rallied, though American's only antelope, like many other animals, exists almost entirely on reservations. Land has been drained and improved, but the duck has been left without breeding ground, and the game bird without cover. ... The way to save them is to attempt to provide them with conditions under which they will thrive, and not to kill them. There are many of us who will fight for them, that we may see them, not only behind glass, but walking, running, flying and swimming as they fulfill the mission for which they were created. "
Keywords: sold](albums/userpics/10001/SOM%23018-combo.jpg "SOM#018, Gertrude K. Lathrop, Conserve Wildlife, 1938
[b]Photo by John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,025 Bronze, 100 Silver[/i]
[b]From the Artist:[/b]
\"On this medal I have shown the pronghorn antelope and the brilliantly colored wood duck. Both were fighting for existence a few years ago. But through the efforts of conservationists they have rallied, though American's only antelope, like many other animals, exists almost entirely on reservations. Land has been drained and improved, but the duck has been left without breeding ground, and the game bird without cover. ... The way to save them is to attempt to provide them with conditions under which they will thrive, and not to kill them. There are many of us who will fight for them, that we may see them, not only behind glass, but walking, running, flying and swimming as they fulfill the mission for which they were created. \"
Keywords: sold")
