Modern commemorative medal – HCR98738

Obverse

Inscription:

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL PORTRAITS OF A BRITISH STATESMAN / Winston S. Churchill

Design:

silhouette portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, left, with cigar and bowler hat; London landscape, with view of Westminster Bridge and Elizabeth Tower; Churchill's signature

Reverse

Inscription:

WARTIME LEADER / 1940 - 45 / WHAT IS OUR AIM? VICTORY! VICTORY! AT ALL COSTS, VICTORY IN SPITE OF ALL TERROR, VICTORY HOWEVER LONG AND HARD THE ROAD MAY BE; FOR WITHOUT VICTORY THERE IS NO SURVIVAL ·

Design:

four vignettes of Sir Winston Churchill; in centre: black-and-white photograph of Churchill making "V for Victory" sign with right hand; around rim, quotation of Churchill

Information

Person

Sir Winston Churchill (subject)

Dating

2000-2020

Period

Modern

Kind

medal

Metal

gold-plated cupro-nickel alloy

Reign

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
Credit

Weight (g)

110.75

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

372

Acquisition date

12/2020

Source

J. Eric Engstrom

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. Eric Engstrom, 2020.

Acquisition note

J. Eric Engstrom Churchill Medal Collection

proof

Source of portrait

the photograph by Major W. G. Horton taken near Hartlepool on Churchill's tour, 31 July 1940 (H 2646) (left); the Iron Curtain speech (bottom)

Contributors to this coin record

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