SIMILAR NOW AVAILABLE ON EBAY AS OF MARCH 15, 2025

This massive medal is a really wonderful high relief bronze that was prepared specifically as an award medal for high school writers. The reverse is engraved with essayist's name and her high school in the 1925-26 school year. While many different Lincoln awards given for a variety of outstanding performances, writing, art and civic events in 1909 because of the year being the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.

The similar item on ebay was issued by the GAR--Grand Army of the Republic (Union)