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Historic Medals Collection

A selection of vintage medals featuring intricate designs and historical busts, each with unique inscriptions and decorative elements.

Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right head of Napoleon III winner on the right; Reverse an eagle crowned with the wings deployed holding wrath in its greenhouses.
Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right head of Napoleon III winner on the right; Reverse an eagle crowned with the wings deployed holding wrath in its greenhouses.
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ASTROLABIO MUSULMAN. Location: VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.Medal. Patron: Humane Society of Massachusetts, American, founded 1786Honorand: Griffin Barney Subject: Master NorcrossMedal for Lourens Veijselaar, survivor of the disaster with the Gouden Buys, anonymous, 1695 medal. history medal Silver medal with an eye on chain. Front: Landscape with a palm tree on the front right on the front with an elephant below, in the middle of a river, and on the left, on the other side of the river, sitting a European man (Veyselaar) amid -armed African men (Khoikhoi). Various animals in the background. With display. Reverse: sailing ship (VOC ship Gouden Buys) and rowing boat in a bay surrounded by mountains (Helena Bay). With display. The rand texts are by jeweler-poet Dirk Schelte Enkhuizen silver (metal) engraving Sint-helenabaaiWatch ca. 1840-55 Watchmaker: Mermod Frères Swiss. Watch 195599Insignia pin - Olympic Games London 1908Medal with ribbon Commemorating the war, DO RIGHT AND FEAR NO-MAN’. Artist: Theodore Spicer-Simson, British, 1871-1959 Manufacturer: Gorham Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1831Mourning medal for Col. Elmer E.Ellsworth. Honorand: Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, American, 1837-1861 Manufacturer: Abbott and Company, American, active ca. 1860-61Visit of London by the French national guards, September 1848 (dummy title) Medal representing the visit of London by the French national guards, September 1848. Copper, 1848.Leon Gambetta (1838-1882) and National Defense, 1870 (dummy title) Leon Gambetta (1838-1882) and National Defense. Brass, 1870.Colonization decree of Algeria by the families of France, 19 September 1848 "(title registered (letter)) Medal Colonization decree of Algeria by the families of France, September 19, 1848. Copper White, 1848.Director's Badge of Function, July 12, 1792 Jean-Th�odore Maurisset (1768-1825). Administrators' badge. Copper Golden, July 12, 1792.Souvenir of Sedan, September 1870 (dummy title) Souvenir of Sedan, September 1870. Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, Emperor of the French (said Napoleon III). Brass, 1870.Patriotic badge with the bust of Colonel Marian Januszajtis Żygoty Walk, Kazimierz (1861 1921), BSW (Brüder Schneider Wien)Souvenir of Sedan, September 1870 (dummy title) Souvenir of Sedan, September 1870. Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, Emperor of the French (said Napoleon III). Brass, 1870.American identity plaque M-1940 by Marie-Thérèse Pezet. Metal, 1943-1944. General Leclerc Museum of Hauteclocque and the Liberation of Paris, Jean Moulin Museum.George Cuvier, Gottfried Eichler, c. 1677 - c. 1757 locket One -sided medallion in brass ring rear glass on bearing eye and carrying ring. Front: breastpiece man to the left inside. Reverse: label with inscription. Berlin gypsum. brass (alloy). glass castingDesign for a Necklace, Pen and black ink, brush and green, gray watercolor on paper, Jewelry design for a necklace. The chain consists of a green ribbon, framed by scallops, over which rings are laid. It is fastened by a disk and ends below with a knot; hanging from it a medallion, having inside a green diamond with the engraved black initials: T C E (or F); on top a small knot. Beveled corners., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, ca. 1790, jewelry, Drawing, DrawingCommemorative badge of the Swiss Shooting Association in Mendriso, Canton Tircino Huguenin, crumbsMedal Commemorating HueyLong. Artist: Medallic Art Company, American, founded 1903Marshal Bazaine (1811-1888), Major General of the Rhine Army, 1870 (Title Title) Marshal Bazaine (1811-1888), Major General of the Rhine Army. Brass, circa 1870.Portrait of an unknown man, Anonymous, 1880 - 1900 photograph. pendant (jewelry) glass. photographic support. metal. albumen print historical personsSeat State by the Central Committee, March 19, 1871 "(registered title)) Medal lifting the state of siege by the Central Committee, March 19, 1871. Brass, 1871.Award medal: International Dog Exhibition, Zurich 1963 Paul Kramer NeuchatelSatirique Medal: Mac-Mahon Marshal wounded at the Battle of Sedan, September 1, 1870 (Title) Satirique Medal: Mac-Mahon Marshal wounded at the Battle of Sedan, September 1, 1870. Copper and Dorure, 1870.Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionCelebration of the four-twentieth anniversary of Victor Hugo (1802-1885), February 27, 1881 Celebration of the four-twentieth anniversary of Victor Hugo (1802-1885), February 27, 1881. Gold metal.MEDAL OF FUNCTION OF A TRIBUNAL OF COMMERCE, 1804-1814 Jean-Th�odore Maurisset (1768-1825). Medal of function of a commercial court. Golden brass, 1804.Carnavalet Museum, Medals Collection25th anniversary of December 1970 Pietruszka, BogdanProject Grange Manzary MANZA 2014-2016 Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionMedal of Halle an derSalle. Maker: Board of RevenueCommemorative medal: MORGINSHeadquarters of Paris, September 19, 1870-28 January 1871 (Title Title) Seat of Paris, September 19, 1870-28 January 1871. Brass, between 1870 and 1871.Sports Medal: Winter Sports, Andermatt, Switzerland