WAR AND PEACE MEDALS

European commemorative medals 20th century

WW1 & Later

Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany etc.


Updated March 2011

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Medals are made of bronze, struck and of date contemporary with original design, unless described otherwise. Please see our terms and conditions of sale for buying notes.
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France, Charity medal by Pierre-Charles Lenoir c. 1910, 58x53mm. gVF GBP 28
Austria, Charity medal for hospitalised veterans, Leopold hospital, Vienna by Tautenhayn, 1914-15, bronze 45mm. GBP 30
Belgium, Charity medal - Association pour secourir les pauvres honteux Bruxelles made by Fonson. Silvered metal, 65mm. EF 40
France, Journee Francaise Secours national 1915, reverse: Patrie - French cockerel, from the SAMF series, silver, 50mm. rare, GBP 225

France, Joseph Sansboeuf portrait by Ringel d'Illzach on the occasion of his 80th birthday, 6 Nov. 1928. commissioned by veterans and serving soldiers of land and sea. High relief struck bronze - 60mm gVF GBP 60

Note: A gymnast he promoted physical training for the military and was involved in politics and the fight to bring Alsace back under French control.

Austria/Hungary: Charity medal for Home for War Blind - Kriegsblinden Heimstatten 1916 - under the protection of Archduke Karl Stephan. Bronze 55mm. by Rothberger. The Virgin Mary is shown as the ultimate patroness of the home. High relief, well made, nEF GBP 50

 

Right WW1 Sourire de Reims - angel of Reims - medal produced for fundraising to restore the war-damaged cathedral. Handsome large bronze medal 97mm. uniface GBP 60

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Condition is described in numismatic terms and is generally extremely fine unless specified. The medals are the original strikings/castings unless specified otherwise.

EF almost as issued extremely fine, VF some wear very fine, F fine or worn n=near as in nVF nearly very fine; Condition if it isn't specified is extremely fine or as cast.

Metals: AV = gold, AR = silver, AE = bronze Zn = zinc Fe= iron

   
   

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