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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 28, July 15, 2018, Article 10

POL DOM AND THE GOLD KENNEDY NOBLE SERVANT MEDAL

1963 Kennedy Noble Servant medal obverse 1963 Kennedy Noble Servant medal reverse

Regarding the designer of the 1963 Kennedy Noble Servant medal, Wido Rinzema of Nijmegen, Netherlands writes:

Paul (Pol) Louis Carel Dom (Antwerp, 4 July 1885 - The Hague, 28 February 1978) was a versatile Belgian artist. In 1936 he acquired Dutch nationality.

1963 Kennedy Noble Servant Medals Life course
Pol Dom was born as Paul Ludovicus Carolus Dom in Antwerp, where he went to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts after primary and secondary education. Because of the more open art climate in the Netherlands, he settled in the Netherlands for some years in 1909 to settle permanently in The Hague during the First World War. Around 1920 his address was Koninginnelaan 51 in Rijswijk.

Dom was a versatile artist. He practiced painting and was a graphic artist, political draftsman and portrait painter. His style can be characterized as naturalistic

1963 Kennedy Noble Servant Medal artist signature Pol Dom

Thank you. Wido had written to ask about a gold version of the medal in his possession. I was unaware of one and asked for more information. He kindly provided these images and weights. His bronze example weighs 24 grams, and the gold one 5 grams. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JANUARY 22, 2017 : 1963 Kennedy Noble Servant Medal (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n04a21.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JANUARY 29, 2017 : More on the 1963 Kennedy Noble Servant Medal (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n05a09.html)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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