GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin at work
1898 / 1937
Medallist's initials at right: JDL and bottom: W
BROOKLYN-BORN / COMPOSER GEORGE / GERSHWIN REACHED THE / HEART OF AMERICA WITH / HIS ORIGINAL AND TRULY / AMERICAN MUSIC, NOTABLY / "RHAPSODY IN BLUE" AND THE / OPERA "PORGY AND BESS" HE / DIED OF CANCER IN 1937.
American eagle