A couple scarce Bronze Medals for sale
I picked up a couple really neat medals this week and wanted to offer them here.
Both are unique in their own right and have original surfaces.
I'm asking $150 delivered for the WW1 large bronze plaque.
I'm asking $200 delivered for the Paris Olympiad piece.
WWI DEAD MAN'S PENNY BRONZE MEMORIAL DEATH PLAQUE. - 82mm
Large bronze memorial plaque to also referred to as "The dead man's penny" or "widow's penny". These were given to the wives of or next of kin by the British government beginning in 1916 as a remembrance for soldiers killed in battle in the first World War 1914-1918. The inscription reads, "He died for Freedom and Honor".
This one is dedicated to private Thomas Herdman Snowdan -
He was a Canadian infantry soldier and only 29 years old. Born in 1886, he was an architect in Vancouver, Canada. He signed up for service in 1914 and died at war April 24th, 1916.
(Peace dollar noted for size)
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Participation Medal issued for the Paris 1924 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 55 mm, 72 gram, by Raoul Benard.
Front features a raised depiction of the goddess Nike crowning victorious athletes with laurel wreaths; the reverse bears a city view of Paris and raised text, “VIIIe Olympiade, Paris, 1924,” with the designer’s monogram below and stamped bronze on the edge.