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Medals & Decorations

The Ashmolean Museum has a very good collection of British historical medals, dating from the Tudor period to the present day, with particularly high concentrations for the 18th and 19th centuries. Its continental and world holdings are very diverse, with some particularly significant medals of the Italian Renaissance; Germany and the Low Countries in the Renaissance and Baroque age; the papacy; etc. The decorations are mostly British and date from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.

American memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98663)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Josef Hotter

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 1874—1965., bust of Sir Winston Churchill to right, laurel branch above

Reverse

IN WAR—RESOLUTION · IN PEACE—GOOD WILL · / JH, Churchill's right hand in "V for Victory" sign; Canadian maple leaf, French fleur-de-lis, American star, and British Union Flag symbolizing the Western allies; artist's cypher

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98673)

Period

Modern

Person

Paul Vincze, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

The Franklin Mint, Exton, PA, U.S.A. (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL / 1874 - 1965 / P. VINCZE, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left

Reverse

THE MAN OF THE CENTURY / IN WAR / RESOLUTION / IN DEFEAT / DEFIANCE / IN VICTORY / MAGNANIMITY / IN PEACE / GOODWILL / HONORARY CITIZEN OF / THE UNITED STATES / OF AMERICA / NCS 1965 / P. VINCZE / FM, two mourning female figures, heads bowed, the left figure holding a United States Shield, the right figure holding a British shield, both draping a garland above an inscribed tablet; mintmark

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98676)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Caroline Magrath

Dating

1965

Obverse

1874 1965, bust of Sir Winston Churchill with cigar to left, legend around

Reverse

St. George slaying dragon to right, after Pistrucci

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98682)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

John Pinches (Medallists) Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL / 1874 1965 / L. E. PINCHES, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left, in polka dot bow tie; artist's signature

Reverse

H(ON)I · SO(IT · QVI MAL) · Y · P(E)NSE · / FIEL PERO DESDICHADO, Churchill family arms; a shield quartering the arms of Churchill with those of Spencer above Marlborough motto inscribed in the form of a banner; crest of the Order of the Garter, around

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98709)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Wieslaw Antoni Pater, Edgar John Kohler

Dating

1965

Obverse

bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left

Reverse

The Rᵗ HON. SIR WINSTON SPENCER-CHURCHILL. K.G., O.M., C.H · 1874 1965: / HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE ·, Churchill family arms shield with the Garter

British commemorative medal (HCR98711)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Geoffrey Colley

Dating

1965-2020

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL / 1874 1965 / G. COLLEY, portrait bust of Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 left

Reverse

RALLIED THE FREE WORLD TO VICTORY ·, quarter-length portrait of Sir Winston Churchill making "V for Victory" sign, books and paintbrushes in paintbrush pot around, top half of the Union Flag, within tondo; inscription around

Modern memorial medal - death of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98725)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL / MEMORIAL 1874-1965, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, three-quarters right, with bow tie

Reverse

textured

Modern memorial medal - death of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98726)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL / 1874 - 1965, portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, right

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98747)

Period

Modern

Person

Frank Kovacs, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Gregory & Co (Jewellers) Ltd. (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL / · 1874-1965 ·, close-up bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left

Reverse

Churchill's right hand in "V for Victory" sign

American advertisement token (HCR98826)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Oscar Nemon

Dating

after 1965; c. 1965

Obverse

Churchill, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, right

Reverse

Churchill / National / Bank, "C" in the form of a flag with saltire and stars

American commemorative art bar (HCR98829)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

The Franklin Mint, Exton, PA, U.S.A. (Modern)

Dating

1965-2020

Obverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL, in background: war scene: bombers overhead, firemen extinguishing burning buildings, frontage of ?St Paul's Cathedral, London?; in foreground: Sir Winston Churchill, facing, slightly left

American commemorative art bar (HCR98830)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt ('FDR')

Mint

The Franklin Mint, Exton, PA, U.S.A. (Modern)

Dating

1965-2020

Obverse

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, in background: view of Sir Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, seated; in foreground: portrait bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt

American commemorative art bar - the Yalta Conference (HCR98831)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt ('FDR')

Mint

The Franklin Mint, Exton, PA, U.S.A. (Modern)

Dating

1965-2020

Obverse

THE YALTA CONFERENCE, view of Sir Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, seated

Reverse

THE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II / YALTA (CRIMEA) / U.S.S.R. / FEBRUARY 4-12 / 1945 / GREAT EVENTS / THE EUROPEAN THEATER, tank on terrain

German memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98835)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Hans Diller

Mint

Austrian Mint, Vienna (Modern), German State Mint, Munich (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL / HD, head of Sir Winston Churchill to left; wreath of crossed laurel branches below; artist's cypher

Reverse

IN / MEMORIAM / 1874-1965 / ☩, inscription within wreath of laurel branches, between two oak leaf clusters

Modern British commemorative coin - Churchill Crown (HCR98875)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Oscar Nemon, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, Head of the Commonwealth, Mary Gillick

Mint

Tower

Denom.

Crown

Dating

1965

Obverse

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F · D · 1965, laureate bust of Queen Elizabeth II, right (first portrait)

Reverse

CHURCHILL, a sombre-looking portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, in a siren suit facing right

Modern British commemorative coin - Churchill Crown (HCR98876)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Oscar Nemon, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, Head of the Commonwealth, Mary Gillick

Mint

Tower

Denom.

Crown

Dating

1965

Obverse

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F · D · 1965, laureate bust of Queen Elizabeth II, right (first portrait)

Reverse

CHURCHILL, a sombre-looking portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, in a siren suit facing right

British commemorative medal - Churchill and the Battle of Britain 25th Anniversary Commemorative Medal (HCR98878)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Anthony M. Foley, Kenneth C. Hunt

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER-CHURCHILL / K. C. HUNT / A. M. FOLEY, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left

Reverse

NOT SO EASILY SHALL THE LIGHTS OF FREEDOM DIE - 1940 - / K C H A. M. FOLEY, Royal Air Force ace pilot A. G. Malan running to his Mark 1A Spitfire aeroplane, attended by a ground crew; quotation from Churchill's broadcast from London to the USA on receiving an honorary degree from Rochester