An exceptional Western Heritage Wrangler Award, the bronze statuette measuring 11.5″ tall and set upon a wooden 9.25 x 1.75 x 4.25 base, featuring an engraved metal plaque reading: “Western Heritage Wrangler Award, National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, Rex Allen, Outstanding contribution to the West through music and films, elected to the Hall of Fame of Great Western Performers, 1983.” The ‘Wrangler’ statue, cast in bronze, portrays a remarkably detailed cowboy on horseback; this substantial example of the award weighs nearly twelve pounds, significantly larger than the ‘normal’ award more frequently seen. In fine condition. Since its inception in 1961, fewer than one hundred people have been inducted into the Hall of Fame—including the likes of Gary Cooper, John Wayne, and Roy Rogers. Allen was a film actor, singer, and songwriter known as the ‘Arizona Cowboy,’ whose contributions included the narration of many Disney nature and Western film productions, starring roles in several B-Westerns during the 1950s, and a number of hit country songs. A positively exquisite award embodying the spirit of Allen’s career in Western entertainment.
