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1982 Decatur Street Irish Club Mike Early New Orleans St Patricks Medal Heavy
1982 DECATUR STREET IRISH CLUB
MIKE EARLY
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
HEAVY VINTAGE MEDALOutstanding heavy 1982 Decatur Street Irish Club medal from New Orleans, featuring Mike Early and celebrating the city's famous St. Patrick’s Day tradition.This is a substantial HEAVY vintage metal medal — not one of the ordinary lightweight aluminum parade doubloons commonly encountered from this era.Its combination of New Orleans history, Irish-American heritage, St. Patrick’s Day tradition and substantial medal construction gives it excellent crossover appeal for collectors of:• Decatur Street Irish Club memorabilia
• New Orleans St. Patrick’s Day collectibles
• Vintage Irish-American memorabilia
• New Orleans parade medals and doubloons
• Louisiana exonumia
• Mardi Gras and Carnival medal collections
• Vintage tokens, medals and medallions
• Decatur Street and French Quarter memorabilia
• 1980s New Orleans collectiblesDating to 1982, this piece is more than four decades old and retains vintage surface character consistent with its age and storage. Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition, coloration and surface details.I have intentionally left this piece uncleaned to preserve its original vintage surface, patina and character. The buyer may clean or polish it if desired.Metal composition has NOT been tested. It is being sold as a heavy vintage metal medal, with no representation that it contains any precious metal.A distinctive piece of early-1980s New Orleans Irish and parade history with appeal well beyond traditional Mardi Gras collectors.$100 BUY IT NOW / BEST OFFER
