I thought it would to take a look back at some of the older YouTube videos that you may have missed from a few years ago. With the season recently finished and some teams recently winning various titles and clubs doing their awards evenings to celebrate players achievements I thought it would be a good time to revisit this video that features the oldest medal I've ever come across.
Created for the La Crosse, Wisconsin delegate committee for the fifth annual convention of the Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks (B.P.O.E) fraternal organization in Denver, Colorado 1906. According to the La Crosse, Wisconsin history records, the city's name was derived from "...the game with sticks that resembled a bishop’s crocier, or la crosse, in French, which was played by Native Americans in the vicinity.” The sport created by Native Americans we all now know as, Lacrosse. Reverse of medal is blank. Manufactured by the Scwaab Stamp & Seal Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company was founded in 1881 and still exists in Milwaukee making rubber stamp and embossing tools. Color gold with enamel fill.