WAR AND PEACE MEDALS

European commemorative medals 20th century WW1 & Later

Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany etc.


The themes of the following historical medals are war and peace as propaganda, satire, heroism, tragedy and and the triumph of hope, generosity and resolve. They merit study so that we don't repeat the mistakes of the past. The list is haphazard in the way they have arrived in our trays and so that we can find them. Medals previously offered but unsold can be found by clicking on the links to next page.

Updated April 2011 (note that there are only thumbnail pictures)

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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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Germany Dem Vaterlande (The Fatherland) J Prinz 1914-1916 for gold/money given to war coffers; silvered bronze 45mm

GBP 35
Pistrucci Waterloo by Pinches reverse Pistrucci Waterloo medal by Pinches

GB - Pistrucci's Waterloo Medal, 150th anniversary reissue by Pinches, 1965, sterling silver struck, no.58/5000 edition, 119.6gm.as struck in box with certificate and leaflet 64mm.

sold
Jutland spink issue Jutland text

GB - Battle of Jutland - Spink issue; to commemorate the attack on the German fleet by the British under the command of Admiral Jellicoe, May 31 1916, BHM 4124, WM 45mm EF

GBP 30
Jutland Spink medal bronze Flags Jutland medal bronze reverse text

GB - Battle of Jutland - Spink issue; to commemorate the attack on the German fleet by the British under the command of Admiral Jellicoe, May 31 1916, bronze 45mm, BHM 4124, EF

GBP 50
Dogger Bank bronze ships reverse text Dogger Bank

GB Battles of Doggerbank and Heligoland Bight Sinking of the Mainz and Blucher by Lion and Arethusa, rev. text with details of H.M. ships engaged and enemy ships destroyed. BHM 4117 bronze 40mm.

GBP 55
Silver Doggerbank naval battle reverse silver Doggerbank medal

GB Battles of Doggerbank and Heligoland Bight Sinking of the Mainz and Blucher by Lion and Arethusa, rev. text with details of H.M. ships engaged and enemy ships destroyed. BHM 4117 silver 40mm.

GBP 95
Belgium reconstruction after WW1 Phoenix

Belgium: La Belgique repare les desastres de la guerre by Georges PETIT - country and cathedral under reconstruction with woman representing martial victory standing overall; reverse: Phoenix. From the post-war series of medals narrating the war and its trials. bronze 66mm. superb original card box

GBP 65
Watch on the Rhine Belgium 1919 Belgium breaks Neutrality

Belgium: L'Armee Belge participe a la Garde du Rhin/ La Belgique rompt sa neutralite Treaty of Versailles 1919 - Belgium breaks its neutrality to man the watch on the Rhine. Medal by Paul DUBOIS, bronze 70mm. gEF

GBP 60
  WP013 Canada: Sixth Canadian Field Company - Royal Canadian Engineers -( bomb disposal)Listing all the sites where they were in action from the Normandy beaches to NW Germany, 1939-1945. Bronze plaquette. uniface 70x51mm. GBP 35
Peace tending flower Pax Globe and wreath

France: Conference de Paris 1946 - by Louis MULLER The French Republic, Marianne, tending the green shoots of peace springing from Paris; reverse Globe with PAX, within wreath of people. Bronze 68mm. EF

GBP 45
Conference of Paris Galtie Dove and olive branch

France Conference de Paris 1946 by Andre GALTIE Monuments of Paris with new green shoot and rainbow; reverse dove carrying an olive branch meets Paris as a woman. Bronze 68mm EF

 

GBP 50
Scotland/GB The Rights of Scotland presumably commissioned by Scottish Nationalists who objected to Edward VII styling himself thus instead of Edward I of Scotland! WM 45 EF BHM 3736 GBP 25
France (c. WW2) Raymond Delamarre: Strasbourg 1944 - woman in traditional Alsacienne dress, chains broken; rev. famous cathedral and storks. bronze 68mm. high relief nEF - GBP 38

France (WW2), Pierre TURIN General de Lattre de Tassigny in charge of First French Army portrait; rev. the French army crosses the Rhine with assault craft and explosions 31 March 1945 with references to previous crossings. Date 1948 Bronze 68mm.gVF edge knock 6 o'clock

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GB/France Pierre Turin Viscount Mountbatten; reverse shield D'Alamein a la Baltique, Gardez Bien (From Alamein to the Baltic - Guard Well - his motto) 1946 bronze 68mm. high relief uneven patina gVF GBP 65
GB, KOVACS Churchill memorial medal silver 1874-1966 reverse "Very well, alone!"after a cartoon by Low - after the withdrawal from Dunkirk; issued by Spink original red box 57mm Unc GBP 75
GB/Belgium Robert Roberts-Jones 1893-1943 RAF memorial medal; tried and shot by the Germans 20 October 1943; medal by Bonnetain Bronze 60mm. EF rare GBP 125
Belgium WW2, Doit Ledel for Mauquoy Resistance 1940-1945 Ecouter Voir Se Taire: Unir Resister Agir - (Listen, look, keep quiet: unite, resist, act) Heart and Star of David enchained. Bronze 70mm. GBP 60
France/Belgium - PROVOST Federation Nationale des deportes et internes resistants et patriotes (group for those interned in Nazi concentration camps) - N'Oublions Jamais (Never Forget) awarded June 1947 to the burgermaster of St Gilles Brussels whose prison was notorious in WW2 under German occupation. Silver 42,5mm. GBP 50

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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 about extremely fine (i.e. no significant wear) or as cast.

Metals: AV = gold, AR = silver, AE = bronze Zn = zinc WM = white metal/pewter Fe= iron

 

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