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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.

Modern commemorative medal (HCR95708)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

c. 1983

Obverse

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

Reverse

SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE / STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, landscape of Shakespeare's house and birthplace

Portuguese commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of Luís de Camões (HCR95047)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Armindo Viseu

Dating

1980

Obverse

CERVANTES / DANTE / TOLSTOI / VITOR HUGO / SHAKESPEARE / SOFOCLES / LUIS DE CAMÕES / 1524 1584 / Armindo Viseu, bust of Luís de Camões, ¾ left, surrounded by busts of Cervantes, Dante, Tolstoy, Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare, and Sophocles; inscription in the form of a banner, surrounded by laurel wreath

Reverse

4 CENTENARIO LUIS DE CAMÕES / 1580 1980 / Armindo Viseu, full-length Luís de Camões reciting poetry to a king seated on a throne; around, imaginary scenes from plays/history (cavalry in armour, naval ships, etc.)

Portuguese commemorative medal - quatercentenary of the birth of Luís de Camões (HCR95050)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Armindo Viseu

Dating

1980

Obverse

Reverse

Portuguese memorial medal (HCR92649)

Period

Modern

Person

José de Moura, William Shakespeare

Dating

1982?

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / 1564 1616 / JOSÉ DE MOURA 82, frontal bust of Shakespeare after the first Folio portrait by Droeshout, flanked by his name and the years of his birth and death; signed by the artist

Reverse

STRATFORD-ON-AVON / TERRA NATAL DE W. SHAKESPEARE / WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / JOSÉ DE MOURA 82, landscape of Stratford-upon-Avon with thatched Tudor house; inscription in Portuguese; signed by the artist; one of Shakespeare's signatures in exergue

Portuguese memorial medal (HCR92650)

Period

Modern

Person

José de Moura, William Shakespeare

Dating

1982?

Obverse

Reverse

American commemorative token (HCR95733)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1982

Obverse

SHAKESPEARE THE BARD / LOOK IN THY / GLASS, AND / [TE]LL THE / F[ACE THOU] / V[IEWEST], portrait of William Shakespeare, facing; to his left, scroll and quill, which partially obscures the inscription, which is a quotation taken from his Third Sonnet

Reverse

THE MYSTICK KREWE OF PERSEUS / FOUNDED 1970 / SLIDELL, LOUISIANA, Perseus, with cap of invisibility and shield, holding the head of Medusa

American commemorative token (HCR95764)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1982

Obverse

Reverse

THE MYSTICK KREWE OF PERSEUS / FOUNDED 1970 / SLIDELL, LOUISIANA, Perseus, with cap of invisibility and shield, holding the head of Medusa

French commemorative medal (HCR98668)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Numismatique Française

Mint

Paris (at Pessac) (Modern)

Dating

1982

Obverse

G.B. 1982 / R.B. / CHURCHILL, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 right

Reverse

LEADERS POLITIQUES DANS LE MONDE : LEADERS POLITICI NEL MONDO : ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИЕ ЛИДЕРЫ В МИРЕ : LEADERS POLITICOS EN EL MUNDO : POLITISCHE LEADERS IN DER WELT / POLITICAL LEADERS IN THE WORLD, globe surmounted by the flags of the world; oak branches on the left, olive branches on the right; guarantee mark followed by the number 1

British commemorative medal (HCR95707)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1983

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / 1564 / 1616, bust of William Shakespeare, facing

Reverse

ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE, landscape of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Modern commemorative medal (HCR95713)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1983

Obverse

SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE / STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, landscape of Shakespeare's house and birthplace

Reverse

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON / ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE, landscape of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

British commemorative medal (HCR95765)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1983

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / 1564 / 1616, bust of William Shakespeare, facing

Reverse

ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE, landscape of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

British commemorative medal (HCR95766)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Dating

1983

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / 1564 / 1616, bust of William Shakespeare, facing

Reverse

ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE, landscape of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Canadian dollar token (HCR95714)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Denom.

Dollar

Dating

1984

Obverse

* CITY OF STRATFORD INDUSTRY AND ARTS, crest of the city of Stratford (Canada), with maple leaf, swan, and cogs; in the inscription, masks of tragicomedy; all surrounded by a rim of beads

Reverse

1564- / 1616 / SHAKESPEARE / VALUE $1.⁰⁰ IN STRATFORD, APRIL 1,- SEPTEMBER 30, 1984, bust of William Shakespeare, ¾ facing; surrounded by a rim of beads

Canadian dollar token (HCR95715)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare

Denom.

Dollar

Dating

1984

Obverse

* CITY OF STRATFORD INDUSTRY AND ARTS, crest of the city of Stratford (Canada), with maple leaf, swan, and cogs; in the inscription, masks of tragicomedy; all surrounded by a rim of beads

Reverse

1564- / 1616 / SHAKESPEARE / VALUE $1.⁰⁰ IN STRATFORD, APRIL 1,- SEPTEMBER 30, 1984, bust of William Shakespeare, ¾ facing; surrounded by a rim of beads

French commemorative medal - 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings (HCR96907)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Paris (at Pessac) (Modern)

Dating

1984

Obverse

R.B. / CHURCHILL, bust of Sir Winston Churchill, 3/4 right

Reverse

· 1 ∗ 40ᴱ ANNIVERSAIRE DU · DEBARQUEMENT / 1944 1984, cross of Lorraine and V in front of the French flag; guarantee mark followed by the number 1

British commemorative medallion (HCR98697)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Greenwich (Medallions) Ltd. ("The Tower Mint") (Modern)

Dating

1984-2005

Obverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Churchill, in bow tie, facing

Reverse

CABINET WAR ROOMS · LONDON, imaginary view of London skyline at war; St Paul's Cathedral and Elizabeth Tower in background, among sandbags and explosion

British commemorative medallion (HCR98714)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Greenwich (Medallions) Ltd. ("The Tower Mint") (Modern)

Dating

1984-2005

Obverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Churchill, in bow tie, facing

Reverse

CABINET WAR ROOMS · LONDON, imaginary view of London skyline at war; St Paul's Cathedral and Elizabeth Tower in background, among sandbags and explosion

British commemorative medallion (HCR98722)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill

Mint

Greenwich (Medallions) Ltd. ("The Tower Mint") (Modern)

Dating

1984-2005

Obverse

WINSTON CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Churchill, in bow tie, facing

Reverse

CABINET WAR ROOMS · LONDON, imaginary view of London skyline at war; St Paul's Cathedral and Elizabeth Tower in background, among sandbags and explosion

French commemorative medal - 40th anniversary of the D-Day Landings (HCR98746)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt ('FDR'), Charles de Gaulle, Raymond Tschudin

Dating

1984

Obverse

QUARANTIEME ANNIVERSAIRE DU DEBARQUEMENT / CH. DE GAULLE / W. CHURCHILL / F. D. ROOSEVELT, triple busts of Charles de Gaulle, Sir Winston Churchill, and FDR

Reverse

6 JUIN 1944 / JOUR / J / UTAH / PTE DU HOC / OMAHA / GOLD / JUNO / SWORD / R. TSCHUDIN, scene of soldiers landing on D-Day; cartographic view of landing spots on the coast of Normandy

French commemorative medal - 40th anniversary of the D-Day Landings (HCR98752)

Period

Modern

Person

Sir Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt ('FDR'), Charles de Gaulle, Raymond Tschudin

Dating

1984

Obverse

QUARANTIEME ANNIVERSAIRE DU DEBARQUEMENT / CH. DE GAULLE / W. CHURCHILL / F. D. ROOSEVELT, triple busts of Charles de Gaulle, Sir Winston Churchill, and FDR

Reverse

6 JUIN 1944 / JOUR / J / UTAH / PTE DU HOC / OMAHA / GOLD / JUNO / SWORD / R. TSCHVOIN, scene of soldiers landing on D-Day; cartographic view of landing spots on the coast of Normandy