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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 memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR96937)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, S. G. M. Adams, M. &. E. Adams, Jewellery Manufacturers, Leeds

Dating

1968

Obverse

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, three-quarters left, in "siren suit"

Reverse

BRITANNIA, Britannia seated, left

Canadian prize medal - The Churchill Medal for the Art of Communication (HCR98644)

Period

Modern

Person

Dora de Pédery-Hunt, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

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

Dating

1968

Obverse

THE · CHURCHILL ·MEDAL · FOR · THE · ART · OF · COMMUNICATION / Hunt, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left; roughened technique; signature of the artist

Reverse

INTER-SCHOOL · COMPETITION / DONOR · H. R. JACKMAN, inscriptional type, space for engraved name of recipient in centre

Canadian prize medal - The Churchill Medal for the Art of Communication (HCR98645)

Period

Modern

Person

Dora de Pédery-Hunt, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

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

Dating

1968

Obverse

THE · CHURCHILL ·MEDAL · FOR · THE · ART · OF · COMMUNICATION / Hunt, bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left; roughened technique; signature of the artist

Reverse

INTER-SCHOOL · COMPETITION / DONOR · H. R. JACKMAN, inscriptional type, space for engraved name of recipient in centre

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98907)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, S. G. M. Adams, M. &. E. Adams, Jewellery Manufacturers, Leeds

Dating

1968

Obverse

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, bust of Sir Winston Churchill in naval uniform, three quarters right

Reverse

NIGERIA, lion's head, facing

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR98908)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, S. G. M. Adams, M. &. E. Adams, Jewellery Manufacturers, Leeds

Dating

1968

Obverse

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, bust of Sir Winston Churchill in naval uniform, left

Reverse

CANADA, moose head, left

British commemorative medal - bicentenary of the Stratford Jubilee (HCR95753)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze, David Garrick

Dating

1969

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / 200ᵀᴴ ANNIVERSARY / OF THE / STRATFORD / JUBILEE / © / THE SHAKESPEARE / BIRTHPLACE TRUST / 1769 - 1969 / P. VINCZE, bust of William Shakespeare, ¾ facing, within a roundel; his name below in the form of a riband; flanked by a figure on both sides (one male, one female, both holding books) who hail him with torch and laurel wreath; inscription in exergue

Reverse

DAVID GARRICK / THE SONG WILL CEASE THE STONE DECAY / BUT HIS NAME / AND UNDIMINSH'D FAME / SHALL NEVER PASS AWAY / DAVID GARRICK · ODE · 1769 / P. VINCZE, roundel with miniature of David Garrick, with quotation from his 'Ode to Shakespeare' below; theatre curtains; cithara (lyre) flanked by masks of tragicomedy; leaves of laurel

British commemorative medal - bicentenary of the Stratford Jubilee (HCR95949)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze, David Garrick

Dating

1969

Obverse

Reverse

British commemorative medal - bicentenary of the Stratford Jubilee (HCR95951)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze, David Garrick

Dating

1969

Obverse

Reverse

British commemorative medal - Churchill and D-Day 25th Anniversary Commemorative Medal (HCR98701)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Oscar Nemon, International Numismatic Agency, New York City

Mint

MACO=Medallic Art Company, New York (Modern)

Dating

1969

Obverse

CHURCHILL D-DAY 1944 / NEMON, head of Sir Winston Churchill to right; artist's signature

Reverse

HO(N)I · SO(IT) · (Q)UI (·) MAL · Y (·) PENSE / 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

British commemorative medal - Churchill and D-Day 25th Anniversary Commemorative Medal (HCR98702)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Oscar Nemon, International Numismatic Agency, New York City

Mint

MACO=Medallic Art Company, New York (Modern)

Dating

1969

Obverse

CHURCHILL D-DAY 1944 / NEMON, head of Sir Winston Churchill to right; artist's signature

Reverse

British commemorative medal - Churchill and D-Day 25th Anniversary Commemorative Medal (HCR98703)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Oscar Nemon, International Numismatic Agency, New York City

Mint

MACO=Medallic Art Company, New York (Modern)

Dating

1969

Obverse

CHURCHILL D-DAY 1944 / NEMON, head of Sir Winston Churchill to right; artist's signature

Reverse

British commemorative medal - Churchill and D-Day 25th Anniversary Commemorative Medal (HCR98705)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Oscar Nemon, International Numismatic Agency, New York City

Mint

MACO=Medallic Art Company, New York (Modern)

Dating

1969

Obverse

CHURCHILL D-DAY 1944 / NEMON, head of Sir Winston Churchill to right; artist's signature

Reverse

American commemorative medal - Churchill "Iron Curtain" Speech Memorial Medal (HCR98906)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Frank Gasparro, Edgar Z. Steever, Philip E. Fowler

Mint

Philadelphia, United States (Modern)

Dating

1969

Obverse

MARCH 5, 1946 · "IRON CURTAIN" SPEECH · FULTON, MISSOURI WESTMINSTER COLLEGE / F. GASPARRO / P, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 right, in academical gown and bow tie; engraver's signature; mintmark

Reverse

· WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY · WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, FULTON, MISSOURI. / DEDICATED / MAY 7 / 1969 / ES, PF, view of the St. Mary, Aldermanbury, Church as reconstructed as part of the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library at Westminster College, Fulton, Mo.; artists' initials

American commemorative medal - Churchill "Iron Curtain" Speech Memorial Medal (HCR98944)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Frank Gasparro, Edgar Z. Steever, Philip E. Fowler

Mint

Philadelphia, United States (Modern)

Dating

1969

Obverse

MARCH 5, 1946 · "IRON CURTAIN" SPEECH · FULTON, MISSOURI WESTMINSTER COLLEGE / MARCH 5, 1946 · "IRON CURTAIN" SPEECH · FULTON, MISSOURI WESTMINSTER COLLEGE / F. GASPARRO / P, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 right, in academical gown and bow tie; engraver's signature; mintmark

Reverse

American commemorative medal - Churchill "Iron Curtain" Speech Memorial Medal (HCR98993)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Frank Gasparro, Edgar Z. Steever, Philip E. Fowler

Mint

Philadelphia, United States (Modern)

Dating

1969

Obverse

Reverse

British commemorative medal - The Royal College of Defence Studies Medal (HCR98724)

Period

Modern

Person

Frank Kovacs, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Spink & Son, Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

after 1970

Obverse

bust of Sir Winston Churchill facing, slightly to left

Reverse

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES / FORMERLY / THE IMPERIAL / DEFENCE COLLEGE / FOUNDED IN 1927 AT THE / SUGGESTON OF / WINSTON S. CHURCHILL / SPINK, inscription around; laurel wreath

British commemorative medal - Churchill and the 25th Anniversary of Peace in Europe Commemorative Medal (HCR98911)

Period

Modern

Person

David Cornell, Pinches, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

John Pinches (Medallists) Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

1970

Obverse

Cornell, quarter-length figure of Churchill, three-quarters to right with right hand raised in "V for Victory" sign, and smoking cigar; signature of the artist

Reverse

NEVER IN / THE FIELD OF / HUMAN CONFLICT / WAS SO MUCH / OWED BY / SO MANY / TO SO FEW, inscribed tablet, facing lion head above, British flags on both sides; quotation from his address on the war situation to the House of Commons, August 20, 1940

British commemorative medal - Churchill and the 25th Anniversary of Peace in Europe Commemorative Medal (HCR98912)

Period

Modern

Person

David Cornell, Pinches, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

John Pinches (Medallists) Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

1970

Obverse

Cornell, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, left, in military uniform and hat, as a Colonel of the Royal Sussex Regiment; signature of the artist

Reverse

WE SHALL FIGHT ON / THE BEACHES... / WE SHALL FIGHT IN / THE FIELDS AND IN / THE STREETS. / WE SHALL FIGHT IN / THE HILLS: / WE SHALL NEVER / SURRENDER., inscribed tablet, facing lion head above, British flags on both sides; quotation from his address to the House of Commons on June 4, 1940 on the evacuation at Dunkirk

British commemorative medal - Churchill and the 25th Anniversary of Peace in Europe Commemorative Medal (HCR98913)

Period

Modern

Person

David Cornell, Pinches, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

John Pinches (Medallists) Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

1970

Obverse

Cornell, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, three-quarters left, in a pensive mood; signature of the artist

Reverse

IF THE / BRITISH EMPIRE / AND ITS / COMMONWEALTH / LAST FOR A / THOUSAND YEARS, / MEN WILL STILL SAY: / "THIS WAS THEIR / FINEST HOUR.", inscribed tablet, facing lion head above, British flags on both sides; quotation from his BBC "This Was Their Finest Hour" broadcast on June 18, 1940

British commemorative medal - Churchill and the 25th Anniversary of Peace in Europe Commemorative Medal (HCR98914)

Period

Modern

Person

David Cornell, Pinches, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

John Pinches (Medallists) Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

1970

Obverse

Cornell, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, three-quarters left, in front of microphone; signature of the artist

Reverse

AT THIS TIME / I FEEL ENTITLED / TO CLAIM THE / AID OF ALL AND / I SAY "COME THEN, / LET US GO / FORWARD TOGETHER / WITH OUR / UNITED STRENGTH.", inscribed tablet, facing lion head above, British flags on both sides; quotation from his first address as Prime Minister to the House of Commons, May 13, 1940