The 1912 World Series Medal was made by our great-grandfather for the Boston Red Sox team for presentation to the players. This was before the tradition of presenting rings. The original medals had a 1 ct. diamond bezel set in the center and the medal was affixed to a leather fob to be worn with a pocketwatch. Our grandfather remembered his father saying that two months after they received them, most players had the diamonds removed and gave them to their wives or girlfriends - they weren't making a lot of money at the time and, hey, a 1 ct. diamond is a 1 ct. diamond!

As far as we can tell, there are only three left - one is at the Massachusetts Historical Society, a gentleman in New Jersey who we have talked to owns one and one came up at auction about five years ago but the buyer's whereabouts weren't disclosed.