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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.

Austrian commemorative medal - Churchill Ninetieth Birthday Commemorative Medal (HCR98660)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Christopher Ironside

Mint

Austrian Mint, Vienna (Modern)

Dating

1964

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL K.G. · O.M · 30 NOVEMBER 1874 · / IRONSIDE, head of Sir Winston Churchill, left; artist's signature

Reverse

· THIS WAS THEIR FINEST HOUR · / C·I· / MAC Ⓐ 900, rampant lion, left, holding a standard with Union flag pennant; artist's initials

Dutch commemorative medal - Churchill Ninetieth Birthday Commemorative Medal (HCR98687)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Willem Vis

Dating

1964

Obverse

·WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER·CHURCHILL 90th BIRTHDAY 30-11-1964 / wv, head of Sir Winston Churchill to right; fish monogram

Reverse

FORWARD, / UNFLINCH- / ING, UNSWER- / VING, INDOM- / ITABLE, TILL / THE WHO- / LE TASK / IS DONE / AND THE WHO- / LE WORLD IS / SAFE AND / CLEAN. / WINSTON CHURCHILL / WORLD BROADCAST / MAY 1945, Globe, flying dove with olive sprig

American commemorative medal (HCR98957)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, André-Henri Torcheux

Mint

The Franklin Mint, Exton, PA, U.S.A. (Modern)

Dating

1964-2003

Obverse

TORCHEUX, Charles de Gaulle and Sir Winston Churchill in military uniform; behind, view of the Houses of Parliament and Elizabeth Tower; artist's signature

Reverse

Ch. de Gaulle / W. L. S. Churchill, Cross of Lorraine

Indian commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR102435)

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

Danish memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR95071)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Harald Salomon, Nic. Outzon Schmidt

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL / HS, bust of Sir Winston Churchill in siren suit facing, slightly to right; artist's cypher

Reverse

☆ 30 · 11 · 1874 ✝ 24 · 1 · 1965, Churchill's right hand in "V for Victory" sign

Italian memorial plaque - Churchill Memorial Plaque (HCR95075)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Bruno Galoppi

Dating

1965

Obverse

CHURCHILL / B. GALOPPI, head of Sir Winston Churchill facing, in oval incuse; face divided into two different sculptural styles; signature of the artist, alternating raised and incuse letters

Modern Swiss memorial medal - death of Sir Winston Churchill/Volksmarch 1965 (HCR95076)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

P. Kramer Neuchatel (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

1965 / VOLKSMARCH / WINSTON CHURCHILL, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 left, wearing bowtie and bowler hat, scrolls around; olive branches on pin

British commemorative plaque - Churchill Commemorative Plaque (HCR95086)

Period

Modern

Person

Frank Kovacs, Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Spink & Son, Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

1965 (recasting from 1949)

Obverse

KOVACS, bust of Sir Winston Churchill to left

American memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR96893)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Ralph J. Menconi

Mint

MACO=Medallic Art Company, New York (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL / 1874 / 1965 / RALPH J. MENCONI / © PAM, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, facing

Reverse

seal of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, right foreground; smaller seal of the United States in left foreground; behind, the Houses of Parliament, clouds above

American memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR96894)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Ralph J. Menconi

Mint

MACO=Medallic Art Company, New York (Modern)

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL / 1874 / 1965 / RALPH J. MENCONI / © PAM, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, facing

Reverse

seal of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, right foreground; smaller seal of the United States in left foreground; behind, the Houses of Parliament, clouds above

American commemorative medal - Westminster College (HCR96897)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Dating

1965-2000

Obverse

CHURCHILL FELLOW OF WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ☆ ☆ WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ☆ ☆, view of the St. Mary, Aldermanbury, Church as reconstructed as part of the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library at Westminster College, Fulton, Mo.

Reverse

WESTMINSTER COLLEGE · ✿ · FULTON, MO. · ✿ · / RELIGIO ET SCIENTIA / FOUNDED / 1851, crest of Westminster College, Fulton, MO.

Modern commemorative medallion (HCR96905)

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

Modern commemorative medallion (HCR96910)

Period

Modern

Person

Frank Kovacs, Sir Winston Churchill

Dating

not before 1965

Obverse

WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL / 1874-1965, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, left, with bowtie

Reverse

lion rampant

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR96911)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, S. G. M. Adams

Dating

1965

Obverse

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

Reverse

GREAT BRITAIN, lion in defiant attitude to left upon a rocky ground

Modern commemorative medal (HCR96912)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Dating

1965 - 2015

Obverse

SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL ·, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, lefft

Reverse

1874 1965 / HONI · S(OIT · QVI MAL ·) Y · P(E)NSE · / FIEL PERO DESDICHADO, vital dates; 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 memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR96918)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, S. G. M. Adams

Dating

1965

Obverse

bust of Sir Winston Churchill in 'siren suit', left; signature of the artist

Reverse

SIR / WINSTON / CHURCHILL / 1874-1965 / M.A., monogram of the artist

British memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR96919)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, S. G. M. Adams

Dating

1965

Obverse

bust of Sir Winston Churchill in 'siren suit', left; signature of the artist

Reverse

SIR / WINSTON / CHURCHILL / 1874-1965 / M.A., monogram of the artist

Modern memorial medal - death of Sir Winston Churchill (HCR96926)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Dating

1965

Obverse

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL / 1874 - 1965, portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, right

Canadian memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR96928)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Orazio N. Lombardo

Mint

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

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL / ☆ 1874 1965 ☩, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, in trench coat and officer's cap, slightly to left

Reverse

WITHOUT VICTORY / THERE IS NO / SURVIVAL / C. ART DIES, broad horizontal band intersected by a lit victory torch, with legend in centre; inscription a quotation from Sir Winston Churchill's first speech to the House on becoming Prime Minister; rayed star

Canadian memorial medal - Churchill Memorial Medal (HCR96929)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Orazio N. Lombardo

Mint

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

Dating

1965

Obverse

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL / ☆ 1874 1965 ☩, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, in trench coat and officer's cap, slightly to left

Reverse