Annie Oakley

[fredeereck]

I live in a house that was built in the 1860s.

I was digging in my yard and came across this medal. It must have came from one of Annie Oakley’s Shows. It took a lot of cleaning to be able to read it.

Written on one side is “ Shot with a Remington Rifle” and on the other “ Shot with U.M.C. Cartridge”. It has Annie oakley on both sides.

I researched a little and found out she used Winchester, a Marlin, and Remington rifles in her shows.

I am wondering if it was a 22 Caliber, and what the U.M.C. stood for. Is it The United States Marine Corps?

How do I post a picture? I tried the img* tab but don't know what to do next.

I have some good ones of the medalion.

[Jay Huber]

You have a metal disk that Annie used to shoot and hit when thrown in the air while demo shooting for Remington/UMC. UMC stands for UNION METALIC CARTRIDGE CO. which was owned by Remington. It was probably shot with a Model 12 Remington 22 rifle. Jay Huber RSA

[yarrison33]

hi, i just recently found an annie oalkey target while i was metal detecting and i can't find much about it on the internet, i was wondering if you had any idea how much it may be worth

[remington600]

I have several of these. Some shot,and some not. Like Jay said Annie Oakley used these in her shooting shows. She would have someone hold them or she would have someone throw them in the air and she would shoot them. After she would hit them she would ussually give them to a lucky audiance member. The small hole was later drilled into the coin so kids could tie a string through it and wear them around there neck. The biggest part of the value is having documentation that Annie Oakley really shot the coin you own. Having proof of that pretty much does not exist. And would be nearly impossible to come by. I have bought several and one came from a very very old fellow that said he attended one of her shows and aquired the coin by her. Old men also like to tell stories. I will never know. The most I ever paid for one is just under $100.00, but it was my first and I wanted it really bad.