Description
ONTARIO Toronto Goodyear Welt Advertising Token 38mm white metal medal 6.55 grams, Engraved by Camille L. Chapelle, struck by Scovill Manufacturing Company (Leroux 995x, McColl 129)
Obverse: palm side of hand, FLAX / TRADE MARK / SHOES DEWED WITH BARBOUR'S LINEN THREAD / THE BEST FOR SHOP / OR FAMILY USE
Reverse: ribbon on globe, TRADE / GOODYEAR WELT / MARK / CALL FOR GOODYEAR WELT AND TURNED / SHOES / C.L.C.
Reverse is shared with the U.S. medal in the "So-Called Dollar" series HK-733, Rulau Bos 30
Camille L. Chapelle (1848-1923) engraver, diesinker, Waterbury, Connecticut. Born France, 1848. Came to America before 1878. Employed by Scovill for 12 years (1883-1894). Self-employed after 1894, he advertised in city directories 1895-96 as "die sinker and engraver ... dies of every description for novelties, buttons, medals, badges, spoons, ornamental trimings."
