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GOETZ: Iron design Trials
cacheman
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I just sent this quick scan off to Kienast because we are trying to discern whether these pieces came from Guido's holdings and subsequent Gorny auction in 1994.
Anyway, this is just a down and dirty scan of these trial design pieces...part of the process of "proofing" a design before actually creating the final medal. All of these are uniface and you can see the slag overpor around the perimeter of each piece. In the larger of the three you can see scribe marks around the bust of Tirpitz showing where the finalized rim perimeter was finally established. There are design elements that were changed too, for instance, the final medal does not have him wearing the the large decoration medal.
Pretty neat stuff...and certainly unique. I will eventually image these with the final medals they were trials of so you can make the comparison. I also have five or so more that were done in either nickel or low grade silver that I'll eventually show you. S
Anyway, this is just a down and dirty scan of these trial design pieces...part of the process of "proofing" a design before actually creating the final medal. All of these are uniface and you can see the slag overpor around the perimeter of each piece. In the larger of the three you can see scribe marks around the bust of Tirpitz showing where the finalized rim perimeter was finally established. There are design elements that were changed too, for instance, the final medal does not have him wearing the the large decoration medal.
Pretty neat stuff...and certainly unique. I will eventually image these with the final medals they were trials of so you can make the comparison. I also have five or so more that were done in either nickel or low grade silver that I'll eventually show you. S
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09/07/2006
Shep
During Napoleon's time they used to trial strike by pouring out a thin sheet of molten tin and when it cooled they would hit it with the dies (which were often not hardened yet). After the dies were nearly complete they used to strike unifaces off of white metal planchets. The tin would get melted back down and those trials are very rare. I don't have any of those yet, just the white metal impressions.
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Clankeye
<< <i>How are you using the term "repousse"? I have always understood the term to mean "ornamentation of metal in relief by pressing or hammering on the reverse side". In these trials, none are created this way OR struck...in essence, they are cast unifaces. >>
Sloppy wording, in my case. I meant to say "cast in a repouseé style." No, they are not repouseés, but they do look like that style. Repouseés tend to have a sort of "hard plastic" feel to them and are often intended for ornamentation.
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