Felix Schlag
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Felix Oscar Schlag (b. December 4 1891, Frankfurt, Germany - d. March 9 1974, Owosso, Michigan), was the designer of the United States five cent coin in use from 1938 to 2004.
He was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and moved to the United States in 1929. As a teenager, Schlag served in the German army of World War I.
On April 21 1938, Schlag's design for the Jefferson nickel was selected by Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the United States Mint. Schlag won $1,000 United States dollars for his winning design of the coin; he had been an award-winning artist in Europe. Sadly, his prize money was spent on his wife's funeral. In the 1930s, Felix won several sculptural commissions and art prizes.
Schlag accepted the offer of the American government to place his initials, FS, on the nickel beginning in 1966.
The designer relocated to Owosso, Michigan, where he is buried.
[edit] Family
Parents
- Karl Schlag
- Teresa Schlag
Wife
- Anna Schlag; they were married in Munich in 1920.
Children
- Feliza, born on January 20, 1920 in Munich
- Leo, born on May 17, 1921 near Munich
- Hilda, born on September 17, 1929Template:US-artist-stub
