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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.

Canadian commemorative medal - Churchill Commemorative Medal (HCR98893)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Bruno Cavallo, Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park, Sudbury, Ontario

Mint

Wellings Manufacturing Company Ltd., Toronto, Ontario (Modern)

Denom.

5 Shilling Piece

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 1874-1965 / BC, quarter-length figure of Sir Winston Churchill, facing, with left hand raised in victory sign

Reverse

CANADIAN CENTENNIAL NUMISMATIC PARK / CHURCHILL 5 SHILLING / COIN MEMORIAL / 1965 / SUDBURY ☆ CANADA / WELLINGS, 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; view of the Churchill Crown memorial

Canadian commemorative medal - Churchill Commemorative Medal (HCR98894)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Bruno Cavallo, Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park, Sudbury, Ontario

Mint

Wellings Manufacturing Company Ltd., Toronto, Ontario (Modern)

Denom.

5 Shilling Piece

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 1874-1965 / BC, quarter-length figure of Sir Winston Churchill, facing, with left hand raised in victory sign

Reverse

Canadian commemorative medal - Churchill Commemorative Medal (HCR98895)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Bruno Cavallo, Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park, Sudbury, Ontario

Mint

Wellings Manufacturing Company Ltd., Toronto, Ontario (Modern)

Denom.

5 Shilling Piece

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 1874-1965 / BC, quarter-length figure of Sir Winston Churchill, facing, with left hand raised in victory sign

Reverse

Churchill Memorial Fourpence Stamp Plaque (HCR98896)

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 (HCR98897)

Period

Modern

Person

Costantino Affer, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Euronummus, Milan (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - 1874 · 1965 / AFFER, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left

Reverse

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

Canadian memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98898)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Emmanuel Hahn, Elizabeth Wynwood

Mint

Canadian Artistic Dies, Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER / CHURCHILL / K.G. P.C. O.M. C.H. / E.H., bust of an older Sir Winston Churchill, right; artist's initials; inscription in exergue

Reverse

ONE WHO BECAME A GOLDEN GLORIOUS / LEGEND IN HIS OWN / LIFETIME / ☆ 1874 / ☩ 1965 / THE VOICE OF FREEDOM / E.W.W. / C. ART DIES, quill pen and inkstand at right angles to a sword; artist's initials

Canadian memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98899)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Emmanuel Hahn, Elizabeth Wynwood

Mint

Canadian Artistic Dies, Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER / CHURCHILL / K.G. P.C. O.M. C.H. / E.H., bust of an older Sir Winston Churchill, right; artist's initials; inscription in exergue

Reverse

ONE WHO BECAME A GOLDEN GLORIOUS / LEGEND IN HIS OWN / LIFETIME / ☆ 1874 / ☩ 1965 / THE VOICE OF FREEDOM / E.W.W. / C.A.D., quill pen and inkstand at right angles to a sword; artist's initials

Canadian memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98900)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Emmanuel Hahn, Elizabeth Wynwood

Mint

Canadian Artistic Dies, Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER / CHURCHILL / K.G. P.C. O.M. C.H. / E.H., bust of an older Sir Winston Churchill, right; artist's initials; inscription in exergue

Reverse

ONE WHO BECAME A GOLDEN GLORIOUS / LEGEND IN HIS OWN / LIFETIME / ☆ 1874 / ☩ 1965 / THE VOICE OF FREEDOM / E.W.W. / C.A.D., quill pen and inkstand at right angles to a sword; artist's initials

Canadian memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98901)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Emmanuel Hahn, Elizabeth Wynwood

Mint

Canadian Artistic Dies, Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER / CHURCHILL / K.G. P.C. O.M. C.H. / E.H., bust of an older Sir Winston Churchill, right; artist's initials; inscription in exergue

Reverse

ONE WHO BECAME A GOLDEN GLORIOUS / LEGEND IN HIS OWN / LIFETIME / ☆ 1874 / ☩ 1965 / THE VOICE OF FREEDOM / E.W.W. / C.A.D., quill pen and inkstand at right angles to a sword; artist's initials

Canadian memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98902)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Emmanuel Hahn, Elizabeth Wynwood

Mint

Canadian Artistic Dies, Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER / CHURCHILL / K.G. P.C. O.M. C.H. / E.H., bust of an older Sir Winston Churchill, right; artist's initials; inscription in exergue

Reverse

ONE WHO BECAME A GOLDEN GLORIOUS / LEGEND IN HIS OWN / LIFETIME / ☆ 1874 / ☩ 1965 / THE VOICE OF FREEDOM / E.W.W. / C.A.D., quill pen and inkstand at right angles to a sword; artist's initials

German memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98903)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Hans Diller

Mint

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

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98904)

Period

Modern

Person

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

British commemorative medal - Churchill and the Battle of Britain 25th Anniversary Commemorative Medal (HCR98905)

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 Commemorative Medal (HCR98909)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Roy Bradshaw

Dating

1965

Obverse

NEVER · WAS · SO · MUCH · OWED, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, in inner circle, behind in the left field, and airfield and clouds, right field, plane in clouds, ruins of a city below, legend in outer circle

Reverse

BY · SO · MANY · TO · SO · FEW — BATTLE OF BRITAIN —, aviator's cap with goggles, protecting St Paul's Cathedral; in left and right fields, flaming ruins of London

American commemorative art bar - the Yalta Conference (HCR98920)

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

British memorial medal - death of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98922)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, A. Edward Jones Ltd., Birmingham

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 1874 - 1965, Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 left, in bow tie

British memorial medal - death of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR98923)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, A. Edward Jones Ltd., Birmingham

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 1874 - 1965, Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 left, in bow tie

British commemorative medal - Churchill and the Battle of Britain Commemorative Medal (HCR98924)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Roy Bradshaw

Dating

1965

Obverse

Reverse

BY · SO · MANY · TO · SO · FEW — BATTLE OF BRITAIN —, aviator's cap with goggles, protecting St Paul's Cathedral; in left and right fields, flaming ruins of London