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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 plaque - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95062)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1964

Obverse

THE TEMPEST / P. VINCZE, Prospero, left, with staff, among clouds and ships

British commemorative plaque - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95066)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1964

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE · 400ᵀᴴ ANNIVERSARY · / P. VINCZE / © / THE SHAKESPEARE / BIRTHPLACE TRUST · 1964, bust of William Shakespeare, left

British commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95599)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze, Pinches

Dating

1964

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE · 400ᵀᴴ ANNIVERSARY · / P. VINCZE / © / THE SHAKESPEARE / BIRTHPLACE TRUST · 1964, bust of William Shakespeare, left

Reverse

WE SHALL NOT LOOK UPON HIS LIKE AGAIN / 1564—1964 / P. VINCZE, two figures kneeling; one male, with book and torch; the other female, with masks of tragicomedy

British commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95600)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze, Pinches

Dating

1964

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE · 400ᵀᴴ ANNIVERSARY · / P. VINCZE / © / THE SHAKESPEARE / BIRTHPLACE TRUST · 1964, bust of William Shakespeare, left

Reverse

WE SHALL NOT LOOK UPON HIS LIKE AGAIN / 1564—1964 / P. VINCZE, two figures kneeling; one male, with book and torch; the other female, with masks of tragicomedy

Indian commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95602)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1964

Obverse

SHAKESPEARE'S / 4ᵀᴴ CENTENARY / 1564 1964 / CALCUTTA ART SOCIETY, draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head facing, after the Droeshout portrait, within a "bamboo hut" and surrounded by flowers

French commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95610)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Maurice Debus

Dating

1964

Obverse

William Shakespeare, abstract portrait of William Shakespeare, facing; right, one of his signatures

Reverse

DEBUS, abstract portrait of Lady Macbeth, facing (a character from 'Macbeth')

Italian commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95611)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, N. Costantini

Dating

1964

Obverse

W · SHAKESPEARE / ·N· / COSTAN / —TINI·, bust of William Shakespeare, left

Reverse

1564 ▲ 1964 / S. JOHNSON / DELLA NASCITA ▲ IV CENTENARIO, view of the stage of the Globe Theatre, upon which are dramatic characters

British commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95612)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze, Pinches

Dating

1964

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE · 400ᵀᴴ ANNIVERSARY · / P. VINCZE / © / THE SHAKESPEARE / BIRTHPLACE TRUST · 1964, bust of William Shakespeare, left

Reverse

WE SHALL NOT LOOK UPON HIS LIKE AGAIN / 1564—1964 / P. VINCZE, two figures kneeling; one male, with book and torch; the other female, with masks of tragicomedy

Italian commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95613)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, N. Costantini

Dating

1964

Obverse

W · SHAKESPEARE / ·N· / COSTAN / —TINI·, bust of William Shakespeare, left

Reverse

1564 ▲ 1964 / S. JOHNSON / DELLA NASCITA ▲ IV CENTENARIO, view of the stage of the Globe Theatre, upon which are dramatic characters

French commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95614)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Maurice Debus

Dating

1964

Obverse

William Shakespeare, abstract portrait of William Shakespeare, facing; right, one of his signatures

Reverse

DEBUS, abstract portrait of Lady Macbeth, facing (a character from 'Macbeth')

Italian commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95621)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, N. Costantini

Dating

1964

Obverse

W · SHAKESPEARE / ·N· / COSTAN / —TINI·, bust of William Shakespeare, left

Reverse

1564 ▲ 1964 / S. JOHNSON / DELLA NASCITA ▲ IV CENTENARIO, view of the stage of the Globe Theatre, upon which are dramatic characters

Canadian commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95732)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, R.A. Fraser

Dating

1964

Obverse

1564 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1964 400TH ANNIVERSARY, bust of William Shakespeare, right

Reverse

FESTIVAL THEATRE / STRATFORD CANADA, landscape of the festival theatre at Stratford, Canada

Italian commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95734)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, F. Giannone, Aurea Numismatica of Modena

Dating

1964-1967

Obverse

· 1564 - 1616 · WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, portrait of William Shakespeare, facing

Reverse

- A KINGDOM FOR A STAGE - QUATERCENTENARY OF THE BIRTHDAY / THE GLOBE THEATRE, landscape with the Globe Theatre; "The Globe Theatre" in the form of a riband; signature of the artist, in middle background

British commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95739)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1964

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, bust of William Shakespeare, right

Reverse

SHAKESPEARE QUATER-CENTENARY, coat of arms of William Shakespeare, with helmet and eagle holding lance

Modern commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95740)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1964

Obverse

· THE 1964 SHAKESPEARE ANNIVERSARY · STRATFORD·UPON·AVON, bust of William Shakespeare, right, wearing felt ruff collar

Reverse

T&S, laurel wreath, tied; hallmarks

Italian commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95742)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, F. Giannone, Aurea Numismatica of Modena

Dating

1964-1967

Obverse

· 1564 - 1616 · WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, portrait of William Shakespeare, facing

Reverse

Italian commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95748)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, F. Giannone, Aurea Numismatica of Modena

Dating

1964-1967

Obverse

· 1564 - 1616 · WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, portrait of William Shakespeare, facing

Reverse

Modern prize medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95749)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1964

Obverse

SHAKESPEARE / 1964 / QUATER CENTENARY, portrait bust of William Shakespeare, facing, on a socle within an open book; inscriptions in the forms of a riband

Reverse

STAR SHAKESPEARIAN COMPETITION 1964 / PRESENTED TO / WHO REPRESENTED, inscription around; knotted laurel wreath at base