Medals

Charles Missenharter won many medals for excellence in Paris, London, Philadelphia, New York and San Francisco.

"on # 202 Pocket cornet listed as brass with three rotary valves of German silver, signed "Medaille / LONDON 1862 / C.MISSENHARTER / STUTTGART" made c.1865. Bell diameter 9.7cm. Length 19.0cm. In original condition with a couple of minor dents in the tubing and others on the bell. The tuning slides do not slide. the upper covers to the valves are not a matched set. To be playable needs an overhaul. This is an very early example of a pocket cornet. Instrument #202 References "Voyage d'un Melomane a travers L'Exposition Universelle" 1862 by Le Comte Ad. de Pontécoulant, tells Missenharter was awarded a medal in the London Exhibition of 1862 for instruments in brass and german silver."

The medals below are in a private family collection.