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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.

British commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98828)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, David Norris

Mint

Toye Kenning & Spencer (Modern)

Dating

1974

Obverse

NORRIS, Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 right, in naval officer's cap with cigar in mouth

Reverse

♢ WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL ♢ / BLENHEIM PALACE / OXFORDSHIRE / CENTENARY 1974, view of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; in exergue, floral motif with the national flowers of the British Isles (rose, thistle, daffodil, shamrock)

British commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98832)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, David Norris

Mint

Toye Kenning & Spencer (Modern)

Dating

1974

Obverse

NORRIS, Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 left, in bowler hat and bow tie

Reverse

♢ WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL ♢ / CHARTWELL MANOR / WESTERHAM, KENT / CENTENARY 1974, view of Chartwell Manor, Kent, United Kingdom; in exergue, floral motif with the national flowers of the British Isles (rose, thistle, daffodil, shamrock)

British commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98833)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, David Norris

Mint

Toye Kenning & Spencer (Modern)

Dating

1974

Obverse

NORRIS, Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 right, in naval officer's cap with cigar in mouth

Reverse

British commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98834)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, David Norris

Mint

Toye Kenning & Spencer (Modern)

Dating

1974

Obverse

NORRIS, Sir Winston Churchill, facing, in bow tie

Reverse

♢ WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL ♢ / 10 DOWNING STREET / LONDON / CENTENARY 1974, view of Downing Street, with No. 10 visible, guarded by a policeman in uniform; in exergue, floral motif with the national flowers of the British Isles (rose, thistle, daffodil, shamrock)

British commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98836)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, David Norris

Mint

Toye Kenning & Spencer (Modern)

Dating

1974

Obverse

NORRIS, Sir Winston Churchill, right

Reverse

♢ WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL ♢ / CHEQUERS HOUSE / BUCKINGHAMSHIRE / CENTENARY 1974, view of Chequers House, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom; in exergue, floral motif with the national flowers of the British Isles (rose, thistle, daffodil, shamrock)

Modern commemorative coin of Paraguay - death of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98837)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Denom.

150 Guaranies

Dating

1974

Obverse

REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY / 19 74 / 150 / 1000 / GUARANIES, national arms of Paraguay, date and denomination below

Reverse

• WINSTON CHURCHILL •, head of Sir Winston Churchill, left

Modern commemorative coin of the Turks and Caicos Islands - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98842)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Michael Rizzello

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint (Modern)

Denom.

50 Dollar Crowns

Dating

1974

Obverse

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS / 50 / CROWNS, arms of Turks and Caicos in centre, value below

Reverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL CENTENARY · 1974 ·, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, in bow tie, 3/4 left

Modern commemorative coin of the Turks and Caicos Islands - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98843)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Michael Rizzello

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint (Modern)

Denom.

20 Dollar Crowns

Dating

1974

Obverse

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS / 50 / CROWNS, arms of Turks and Caicos in centre, value below

Reverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL CENTENARY · 1974 ·, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, in bow tie, 3/4 left

Modern commemorative coin of the Turks and Caicos Islands - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98848)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Michael Rizzello

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint (Modern)

Denom.

50 Dollar Crowns

Dating

1974

Obverse

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS / 50 / CROWNS, arms of Turks and Caicos in centre, value below

Reverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL CENTENARY · 1974 ·, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, in bow tie, 3/4 left

Modern commemorative coin of the Turks and Caicos Islands - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98849)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Michael Rizzello

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint (Modern)

Denom.

20 Dollar Crowns

Dating

1974

Obverse

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS / 50 / CROWNS, arms of Turks and Caicos in centre, value below

Reverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL CENTENARY · 1974 ·, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, in bow tie, 3/4 left

Modern British commemorative coin - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98859)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Michael Rizzello

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint (Modern)

Denom.

25 Dollars

Dating

1974

Obverse

CHURCHILL CENTENARY · 1974, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, in bow tie, 3/4 left

Reverse

CAYMAN ISLANDS / HE HATH IT UPON / FOUNDED THE SEAS / TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, coat of arms of the Cayman Islands; denomination below

American commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98928)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Art Medals, Inc., Edward DeWitt

Dating

1974

Obverse

DEWITT, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, right, in siren suit, making "V for Victory" sign; artist's signature

Reverse

CHURCHILL / CENTENARY / 1874-1974, crossed hanging flags of the United States and United Kingdom

American commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98929)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Art Medals, Inc., Edward DeWitt

Dating

1974

Obverse

bust of Sir Winston Churchill, right, in siren suit, making "V for Victory" sign

Reverse

CHURCHILL / CENTENARY / 1874-1974, crossed hanging flags of the United States and United Kingdom

American commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98930)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Art Medals, Inc., Edward DeWitt

Dating

1974

Obverse

bust of Sir Winston Churchill, right, in siren suit, making "V for Victory" sign

Reverse

CHURCHILL / CENTENARY / 1874-1974, crossed hanging flags of the United States and United Kingdom

American commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98931)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Art Medals, Inc., Edward DeWitt

Dating

1974

Obverse

DEWITT, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, right, in siren suit, making "V for Victory" sign; artist's signature

Reverse

CHURCHILL / CENTENARY / 1874-1974, crossed hanging flags of the United States and United Kingdom

American commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98932)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Art Medals, Inc., Edward DeWitt

Dating

1974

Obverse

DEWITT, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, right, in siren suit, making "V for Victory" sign; artist's signature

Reverse

CHURCHILL / CENTENARY / 1874-1974, crossed hanging flags of the United States and United Kingdom

Swedish commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98940)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Eila Hiltunen

Dating

1974

Obverse

1874-1974 WINSTON CHURCHILL / Eila Hiltunen, bust of Sir Winston Churchill; right hand in "V for Victory" sign; artist's signature

Reverse

BLOOD SWEAT TEARS, war scene: aeroplanes, ?parachutes?, ?church?, ?frontage of St Paul's Cathedral?, infantrymen

British commemorative medal - centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98949)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Dating

1974

Obverse

WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL / CENTENARY / 1874-1974, imaginary (inverted) London skyline in background with Elizabeth Tower and Palace of Westminster flying the Union Flag; in foreground, half-portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, in suit and bow tie, left