The Heberden
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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 commemorative medal - 75th anniversary of V.E. Day and VJ Day (HCR154789)

Period

Modern

Dating

2020

Obverse

75TH ANNIVERSARY 15TH AUGUST 1945 VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY VJ DAY, Navy man kissing young girl with American flag (Stars and Stripes) behind

Reverse

VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY 8TH MAY 1945 / 1945 2020 / V. E. DAY / 75TH ANNIVERSARY, standing soldiers; in front, poppies

British commemorative £2 coin - 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR137453)

Period

Modern

Dating

2024

British commemorative £2 coin - 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR137454)

Period

Modern

Dating

2024