VOCABULARY TERM: FOUNDING DATE

Founding Date. A date appearing on a medal in which the organization issuing the medallic item was founded, incorporated or instituted. Infrequently a medal is issued, or a medal program created, the same year as the founding date; therefore it can be assumed any medal of that organization was issued after that date. Other evidence – as an inscribed date or date on the edge – should be considered as the date of issue. Founding dates are important for the issuing of anniversary medals. Formerly the source of founding dates were in published company histories or in financial sources such as Dunn & Bradstreet . With the internet these are now easily found. See DATES AND DATING.
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