Vintage 10kt Gold Tuckahoe High School Class Ring By Dieges & Clust (8.1 Grams)

The ring weighs approximately 8.1 grams or 5.21 dwt. The ring appears to be from the Tuckahoe High School Class of 1963 in Tuckahoe, New York and has the initials "G.M.M." inscribed on the inside of the ring. The ring was designed and created by Dieges & Clust.

Tuckahoe High School's history is quite unique, and few people know about it.

Since Tuckahoe did not have a school, the students that resided in Tuckahoe were transported to other schools, such as Bronxville, Mount Vernon, and Yonkers. Once it was agreed that there was a need for a school to educate the students from Tuckahoe, the Board of Education requested a bond to cover the costs of construction for Tuckahoe High School. Construction was set to start in the spring of 1930, but never began until the winter of 1930. Much had to be done in order for the construction to be completed.

The original cost of the construction was estimated to be $660,000. However, in November of 1930, it was decided that an extra $180,000 would be needed. The taxpayers of Tuckahoe were astounded by the growing cost. The cost nearly tripled, but the people agreed because the school was nearly finished. The school wasn't finished until the fall of 1931. The seniors petitioned to attend Eastchester High School, but because there was no room, their petition was denied.

The original structure of the school is the result of the magnificent architectural ideas of Knapp and Morris of New York City. The modern designs of the school were mainly chosen to provide for the needs of future generations. When the school originally opened, it was equipped to hold up to 700 students. The original auditorium was able to seat 1200, with a balcony, which stood where the current art room is.

It was written that the gymnasium was viewed suitable to hold community activities and spectators alike. It was located where the current library stands. There were modern labs for physics, chemistry, and biology. The Business Department was equipped with typewriters, and the Household Arts Department was situated in a model suite with sewing and fitting rooms. The school was built with the possibility that an extension could be added without disturbing the original structure. In 1934, two years after the grand opening, sixty-thousand square feet of land (located east of the school) were added to the property of the high school to provide Tuckahoe High School with its own athletic field. The land cost $21,500.

On February 24, 2010 Tuckahoe High School was listed on the National Register of Historic places.

As for the maker of the ring, Dieges & Clust, they were established jewelers in New York in 1898 by Colonel Charles Joseph Dieges (Oct. 26, 1865 - Sept. 14, 1953) and Prosper Clust (Sept. 26, 1873 - Mar. 28, 1933).

The firm was founded in 1898 as a partnership between Charles Joseph Dieges and Prosper Clust. The partnership was converted to a company in 1908 with Dieges as president and director, and with Clust as secretary-treasurer and director.

The firm was located at 20 John Street, New York, New York, expanding to have offices in Boston, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.

The firm was sold to Herff Jones (a division of Carnation) on January 1, 1980.

They produced many medals, including the Spanish–American War Medal, the 1904 Olympic Medal, the Eagle Scout medal (from 1916 to 1920), New York State World War I Service Medal, the Medal of Honor, and the Titanic-Carpathia Medals (at the request of "The Unsinkable" Mrs. Molly Brown). They made baseball's first Most Valuable Player Awards and many Baseball Press Pins as well as Lou Gehrig's farewell plaque. They also cast the Heisman Trophy (in New York and later Providence, Rhode Island) from its inception in 1935 through late 1979 when the company was sold to Herff Jones (a division of Carnation) on January 1, 1980.

Perhaps the height of Dieges & Clust's production were the 1920s trophies known in sports collecting circles as "The Five Figural Spalding Baseball Trophies". The various trophies depict a baseball player pitching, catching, batting, playing first base, or playing in the outfield. The proportions of the figures and the detail (of the faces, fingers, stitching in the baseball gloves and shoelaces) are remarkable. They fetch up to $5,000 at auction, relatively high for a silver-plated trophy on a wooden base.

The company produced the Martin J. Sheridan Medal for Valor for the New York City Police Department (NYPD) that was established in honor of Detective Martin J. Sheridan – the Irish-American Athletic Club's star U.S. Olympic champion who died in 1918 of the influenza pandemic. The medal was first presented in 1922 and regularly awarded until discontinued in 1975. The medal was initially paid for through a trust fund established by the Martin J. Sheridan Memorial Committee, with New York State Supreme Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalan serving as chairman.

A 1936 New York Yankees World Series ring cast by Dieges & Clust and owned by Lou Gehrig held the record sale price for such a ring at $17,500.

In 1999, Sotheby's sold what was believed to be Lou Gehrig's 1927 ring for $96,000.

Charles Dieges, president and director of the company after 1908, served in the US 22nd Regiment in World War I and participated on the US Olympics team.

Charles Dieges:
1902 - October 27: Joined 22nd Regiment, New York Engineers, New York National Guard.
1904 - March 14: Corporal, 22nd Regiment, NY Engineers, NYNG
1904 - Member of the United States Olympics Tug of War team at the 1904 Summer Olympics
1905 - December 11: Sergeant, 22nd Regiment, NY Engineers, NYNG
1906 - March 30: Second Lieutenant, 22nd Regiment, NY Engineers, NYNG
1906 - May 18: First Lieutenant, 22nd Regiment, NY Engineers, NYNG
1910 - Associate Life Member of the American Numismatic Society
1911 - Elected to the Military Athletic League as a member of New York Military Athletic League.
1916 - July 7: Mustered in to U.S. service.

Memberships:
Ancient Order of Timers, Order of the G.G.F. (General Good Fellows), Elks, and Masons

Prosper Clust:
Prosper was a manufacturing jeweler who learned the trade from his father Ernest Clust, who emigrated from France in 1872. He was secretary-treasurer and director of the company after 1908.

Constanzo Luini:
Constanzo was a medalist with Dieges & Clust who specialized patriotic and religious themes. He was born in 1886 and a descendant of Bernardino Luini, a fresco painter and student of Leonardo da Vinci. Costanzo immigrated to the United States at the turn of the century.



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