Historical Medals

A collection of various historical copper and bronze medals featuring intricate designs, inscriptions, and depictions of notable figures and events.

De Spanjer, show engraved on a Dutch Gift, Anonymous, 1702 - 1780 medal. coin Copper medal. Front: Standing man, with back to viewer, leaning on a walking stick indoors. Reverse: Original show: Leeuw with freedom hat on spear, standing in fenced garden; About it: scratches Dordrecht copper (metal) engraving / striking (metalworking)  Holland
De Spanjer, show engraved on a Dutch Gift, Anonymous, 1702 - 1780 medal. coin Copper medal. Front: Standing man, with back to viewer, leaning on a walking stick indoors. Reverse: Original show: Leeuw with freedom hat on spear, standing in fenced garden; About it: scratches Dordrecht copper (metal) engraving / striking (metalworking) Holland
Planets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Bust right to the left of Charles-Albert.Three hundred -year commemoration of offering the Augsburg Confession 1830, Christoph Carl Pfeuffer, 1830 history medal Bronze medal, on the front Luther and Melanchton at a Bible on an altar, with a change, the offer of the confession to Keizer Karel V, with a change and cut -out text. Berlin copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Austria, Austrian Republic (1919 1934), 100 crowns; Vienna, 1924 Mint of Vienna, Zita, Heinrich (1882 1951)Carnavalet museum, medal collection Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's right to the left; Lamartine's alphonse head back on the right.Gothland taken by Christiaan V van Denmark, Anonymous, 1676 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside change. Downside: lamb that a banner wears within the change; Cut: Inscription  silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  GotlandMedal of SwissGratitude. Artist: Hans Frei, Swiss, 1868-1947Honorary Medal of Queen Wilhelmina Awarded in 1893 to P.R. van Motman for Winning a Horse Race in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Bart van Hove, after Adolphe Zimmermans, 1892 award medal Golden Medal; Front: bust of a girl (Queen Wilhelmina) in profile to the left, with a change "Wilhelmina Queen of the Netherlands", with the names of the two makers at the bottom, inside pearl edge; downside: List of crown decorated with lions and ornaments, around which a laurel wreath and pearl edge; engraved inscription within List: "P.R. / van / Motman / 1893"; Bottom: initials W.S. The medal was awarded in 1893. Netherlands gold (metal) striking (metalworking) / engraving  BataviaLouis XVI / Cones de Cherbourg, June 23, 1786 Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819). Louis XVI / Cone of Cherbourg, June 23, 1786. Medal, 1786.Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionCarnavalet museum, medal collectionFort -time marriage of Wiardus Willem Buma, counselor at the Hof van Friesland and Maria de With, Tjeerd Keikes, 1868  Bronze medal. Front: Two coats of arms on ribbon under the crown hanging above branches of forget-me-nietjes inside. Reverse: inscription inside Omnipia Leeuwarden bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  FrieslandCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of Louis XV and the West Indies Co. fromFrance.  Subject: Louis XV, King of France, French, 1710-1774, ruled 1715-74 Artist: Joseph Charles Roëttiers, French, 1722-ca. 1803Planets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionTest on the module of Liard, 1791 Augustin Dupr� (1748-1833). Essay on the module of Liard, 1791.Coronation from Frans II to German Emperor in Frankfurt, Anonymous, 1792 history medal Silver medal. Front: Keizerskroon above Rijksappel for crossed scepter and sword within Overschrift. Reverse: Inscription  silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Frankfurt am MainOpening of the new port of Middelburg 1817, Simon, 1817 history medal Pewter medal, on the front the city goddess of Middelburg, with Hoorn of Abundance and an oval city coat of arms, played under an Oranjeboom, looking over the landscape near the city, next to a crown on a described column, with display and cutting text, on the downside ships who enter a canal along a shocking crowd, under a rising sun, with a change and cut -out text. Brussels tin (metal) striking (metalworking)Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionCathedral Van Doornik, Jacob Wiener, 1846 history medal Bronze medal. Front: cathedral within a three -line change; Cut: Inscription. Reverse: interior of church. Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  Tour. Onze-Lieve-VrouwekathedralCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right mouse in front of a large mountain comprising a level in the upper part, frieze of Greenis around the periphery; Reverse registration on five lines, frieze of Greenis around the periphery.Compass and sailmakers' guild of Amsterdam, Gildepenning of Harmanus Wilde, Anonymous, 1747 medal Brass medal, v.z: sail. Reverse: Compass Inside Cover. Amsterdam brass (alloy) engraving  AmsterdamCarnavalet museum, medal collectionHemihekte fromSardis. Mint: Sardis Artist: UnknownDeath of Joost van den Vondel, Johannes Lutma (1624-1689), 1679 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside with pennant wound laurel wreath. Reverse: swan inside with pennant Winden Lauwerkrans Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Two hundred anniversary of the Portuguese Israelite Synagogue in Amsterdam 1875, J. Postmus, 1875 history medal Bronze medal, on the front a coat of arms, on which a pelican with boy, between bound laurel branches, with a change, five lines on the reverse side. Amsterdam bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of Frederick William III and his visit to the Paris Mint fromParis.  Subject: Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, ruled 1797-1840Twenty -five anniversary of the Society for Nut of 't Alguur, Hendrik Lageman, 1809 history medal Silver medal. Front: Woman sitting in the chair keeps burning torch in hand inside the change; Cut: Inscription. Reverse: inscription Binnen Krans consisting of palm and olive branch Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)50 Cash of Xianfeng Emperor from Board of Revenue,Beijing. Ruler: Xianfeng Emperor, Chinese, 1831-1861, ruled 1850-61 Mint: Board of Revenue, Beijing Artist: UnknownCarnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionIntake of Paris, in honor of the Duke of Wellington, Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet, 1815 drawing. medal Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: View of Louvre Inside Cover; Cut: Inscription England cardboard drawing  Louvre MuseumCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet museum, tokens collection25 pfennig from Germany, Amberg, 1921 ,, 1921 coin Porcelain pseudomunt. Front: church building, around which dates. Reverse: Value designation in two lines. Below that place indication, including the year. Smooth edge.  porcelain castingEuros money Euro coins Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 5480392Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of GalliaTutrix. Artist: Marie-Alexandre-Lucien Coudray, French, 1864-1932Pound sign Pound currency sign made with One Penny coins Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 10008744Carnavalet museum, medal collection1 Penny of George III from Board ofRevenue. Ruler: George III, King of Great Britain, British, 1738-1820, ruled 1760-1820 Mint: Board of Revenue Artist: UnknownMedal of Steam in Navigation on the Hudson River,1765-1865. Artist: Emil Fuchs, American, 1866-1919 Subject: Henry Hudson, British, ca. 1565-1611 Manufacturer: Whitehead and Hoag Company, American, 1892-ca. 1963Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionHonduras, (Republic of Honduras), 5 Cents; 1998Liberation of the Netherlands, in honor of Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange, Souverein Vorst, Anonymous, 1813 - 1814 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Inscription Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  NetherlandsCarnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionFoundation of the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in Brussels, Joseph Pierre Braemt (Possible), 1817 history medal One -sided bronze medal. Front: inscription within Krans van Myrteloof. Reverse: Blanco Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  BrusselsPlanets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Pope Gregorius XIII, on the introduction of the new time account, Nicolas Chevalier, 1694 - 1720 history medal Bronze medal. Front: Ramskop Inside Covering and Snake that bites in its own tail; around six circles with days of month. Reverse: Table, around three circles with days of month and the like. Netherlands bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Emergency period of half Daalder from Siege van Haarlem. One-sided, diamond-shaped emergency with beveled corners. Front: three stamps above the other, and a right thereof; From bottom to top: Master sign: lily; Stadsware: inverted sword with two stars on either side, on point of sword a cross; Year; Right a knock: Lion on shield. Downside: blankDeath of Jacob Mossel, anonymous, 1761 history medal Golden oval medal with carrying ring and braided edge. Front the Mossel family crest: Three mussel shells placed 2-1 on a shield, above it a helmet sign with a mussel shell as a crown. Around a variety of militaria. Reverse: the inscription engraved in cleaning: in memory. Van Wijlen / His Excellency / De Heere / Jacob Mossel / alive / General Van der Staat / and / Governor General / from Dutch Indie / Born to Enkhuizen / Den 28: Octob: A: 1704. And died on Batavia den 15: Meij A: 1761. Jakarta gold (metal) engraving  Dutch East Indies, TheHuismunt beaten by order of the Society of Benevolence worth 25 cents, for the ordinary colonies, Anonymous, 1818 - 1859 coin Front: Inscription top value indication. Tours side: inscription G and K Netherlands copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Carnavalet museum, tokens collection. Round Tsuba with a lobster in a negative silhouette.Unveiling of the statue of King William II in The Hague 1854, Johan Philip Menger, 1854 history medal Bronze medal, on the front the statue with display, on the reverse five lines of text between merged oak and lauwert branches, with a change. Utrecht bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Gaming Piece , c.1700. Martin Brunner (German, 1659-1725). Wood; diameter: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.).Quarto of Alfonso I DEste from Unknown . Ruler: Alfonso I dEste, Italian, 1476-1534 Artist: UnknownMedal of Napoleon III, Peace of VillaFranca.  Subject: Napoleon III, French, 1808-1873 Artist: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-1881Koban of the Empire Japan Van Keizer Komei from the manen era ,, 1860 - 1861 coin Golden elongated coin with rounded corners. Front: at the ends at the top and bottom a floral pattern, pouring towards each other, between which in two rectangles characters. Reverse: in the middle flower pattern with authorization signs, without indication of the mane era.  gold (metal) striking (metalworking)Belgian Medal of Pantheon inParis.  Artist: Leopold Wiener, Belgian, 1823-1891Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet museum, medal collectionCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionGrahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Law Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte in uniform (bicorn, boots) represented in Hanneton, holding in its two anterior legs a scepter and a crown; On both sides, a bottle, a dying dove, a broken column and a pot; Reverse registration on five lines.Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia, in honor of the intake of Paris, Anonymous, 1815 - 1820 history medal Golden medal to carrying eye and carrying ring. Front: breastpiece man inside change and decorative edge. Reverse: inscription inside decorative edge.  gold (metal) striking (metalworking)  ParisA 1000 euro coin with the portrait of Angela Merkel and federal eagleCarnavalet museum, medal collection Bust law of Léopold II, king of the Belgians, on the left; Reverse registration on three lines.Gatteaux, Jacques-Edouard (n.1788-11-04-D.1881-02-08), coronation of Charles X (main title), 1825. Silver. Copper alloy. Light brown patina. Patinated plaster. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right a downside on the right in a field of reeds; Reverse a smooth cartridge, placed on a radiant reed.Carnavalet museum, medal collection PHRYGIAN BONNET RIGHT; Reverse registration on three lines.Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionGrahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionSword Guard (Tsuba). Culture: Japanese. Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.7 oz. (133.2 g). Date: ca. 1615-1868. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionMedal William McKinley SecondInauguration.  Subject: William McKinley, American, 1843-1901 Artist: UnknownWar on Java, Groot Carriage Awarded to the participants, in honor of William I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, David van der Kellen (1804-1879), 1830  Octagonal carrying sign to carrying eye and carrying ring. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: inscription Inside to wreath bound Palm and Eiketak; Two in support ribbon. Utrecht bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  JavaCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right a reaper giving up wheat; At the rear, a harvester moving towards the farm by wearing a wreath of wheat on the head; Reverse a mare and his foal overcoming a smooth cartridge surrounded by a crown of wheat and grass.Medal: Commemorating the Centennial International Exhibition, 1876 (reverse), 1876. America, 19th century. Bronze; diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.).False coin, crown shilIIng, John II Casimir (1649 1668)Third century of the intake of Den Briel, in honor of William I, Prince of Oranje-Nassau, Anonymous, 1873  One -sided silver open -up carrier inside laurel wreath on square bearing eye and yellow ribbon. Front: breastpiece man above inscription; At the top of Lauwerkrans: year. Reverse: Blanco Netherlands silver (metal). textile materials striking (metalworking)  BrielleLead Tesserae from RomanEgypt.  Artist: UnknownFuneral of Paul Kruger, president of the Republic of South Africa, in Pretoria, Koninklijke Utrechtsche Fabriek van Zilverwerken by C.J. Desire, 1904 history medal Bronze medal with carrier, carrier and black, tied ribbon. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: inscription, surrounded by palm branch. Utrecht bronze (metal). textile materials striking (metalworking)  Pretoria. South AfricaUN CENTIMO DE FINLANDIA-EMISION EN 1999-ANV-LEON HERALDICO.Close-up of silver coinFrench medal, La Danse”/”Dance” by Coudray. Artist: Marie-Alexandre-Lucien Coudray, French, 1864-1932Carnavalet museum, medal collectionGBP Pound coins British Pound coins currency of the United Kingdom Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 9360054Button (France); copper face over bone back; 1936-49-15Old silver half dollars on aging wood backgroundMedal: Hopi Prayer for Rain (reverse), 1900s. Hermon Atkins MacNeil (American, 1886-1947). Bronze; diameter: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.).SOL DE ORO - MONEDA DEL PERU.Tennessee. Sullivan County. Tva Marker. South Holson Dam.Button; 1944-40-6-a