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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 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

British commemorative medal - Churchill and the Battle of Britain 25th Anniversary Commemorative Medal (HCR98879)

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

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98880)

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

Modern commemorative medallion (HCR98881)

Period

Modern

Person

Frank Kovacs, Sir Winston Churchill

Dating

not before 1965

Obverse

WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL / KOVACS / 1874-1965, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, left, with bowtie; artist's signature

Reverse

lion rampant

Italian memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98882)

Period

Modern

Person

Costantino Affer, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Johnson, Matthey & Co., Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - 1874 · 1965 / AFFER, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left; around, in Morse code, Victory signal used on the BBC during the war

Reverse

VICTORY, Sir Winston Churchill's right hand in "V for Victory" sign; behind, lion passant and four allied flags: American, Russian, French and British

Churchill Memorial 1/3 Stamp Plaque (HCR98883)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, Head of the Commonwealth, Mr. and Mrs. David Gentleman

Mint

Johnson, Matthey & Co., Ltd., London (Modern)

Denom.

1/3 stamp

Dating

1965

Obverse

1/3, close-up bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left; small crowned head of H. M. Queen Elizabeth II to left turned slightly facing; denomination

Churchill Memorial Fourpence Stamp Plaque (HCR98884)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Mr. and Mrs. David Gentleman

Mint

Johnson, Matthey & Co., Ltd., London (Modern)

Denom.

Fourpence

Dating

1965

Obverse

4d, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left; small crowned head of H. M. Queen Elizabeth II to left turned slightly facing; denomination

Italian memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98885)

Period

Modern

Person

Costantino Affer, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Johnson, Matthey & Co., Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - 1874 · 1965 / AFFER, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left; around, in Morse code, Victory signal used on the BBC during the war

Reverse

VICTORY, Sir Winston Churchill's right hand in "V for Victory" sign; behind, lion passant and four allied flags: American, Russian, French and British

American memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98887)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, C. M. Casto

Mint

Wendell's, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Modern)

Denom.

Dollar

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON SPENCER CHVRCHILL 1874 - 1965, bust of Churchill facing, slightly left; beaded border

Reverse

FRIEND AND HONORARY CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES / IN / MEMORIAM / BERTY / CA, Britannia seated to right, with trident and supporting two overlapping shields; Union Flag on one, the other American with a diagonal scroll; beaded border

Modern commemorative medallion (HCR98888)

Period

Modern

Person

Frank Kovacs, Sir Winston Churchill

Dating

not before 1965

Obverse

WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL / KOVACS / 1874-1965, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, left, with bowtie; artist's signature

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98889)

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