Felix Schlag
- Category : 1891-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 1/3 - Investigating / Martyr
- Definition : Split - Small (43)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Consciousness 3
Biography
German-born American sculptor who was the designer of the United States five cent coin in use from 1938 to 2004. Schlag accepted the offer of the American government to place his initials, FS, on the nickel beginning in 1966.
As a young man, he served in the German army of World War I. Schlag studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He moved to the United States in 1929.
On 21 April 1938, Schlag's design for the Jefferson nickel was selected by Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the United States Mint. Schlag won $1,000 for his winning design of the coin; he had been an award-winning artist in Europe.
He died on 9 March 1974 in Owosso, Michigan, aged 82.