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vonspurter New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 09/30/2022 4:09 pm My parents showed me this today. They found it in the house they purchased. All I can see from searches is that other coins for the investiture have the Prince of Wales on the coin / medal in a standard postage stamp type pose but this has a fellow in his military (Royal Navy) uniform facing to front. The reverse is rather different with two dragons instead of Caernarfon Castle which is on the ones I've found online to date. It also has a pretty big spelling mistake in Gorphenaf on the back - it should be Gorffenaf, Welsh for Gorffen Haf - 'End of Summer' or the month of July. I've searched but not seen one like it. Keen to know if anyone can help? Edited by vonspurter 09/30/2022 5:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 26063 Posts	Posted 09/30/2022 6:40 pm @von, first welcome to CCF. Second, since your pics are a little fuzzy, I'm having trouble reading the fine print on this medal. It looks to me like there are a couple words under the swooshes on which the dragons are standing. Can you please tell us what they say? Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 74977 Posts	Posted 09/30/2022 6:48 pm Agree, sharper pics would help. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 14949 Posts	Posted 10/01/2022 05:43 am A Google search of the spelling "Gorphenaf" reveals it to be a typical spelling of that word from the 1800s. It is also spelled that way on the "official" investiture medal, so it seems that was the normal spelling at least in 1911: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/ex...a200863.html The problem with British unofficial medals is, there's so darned many of them, I don't think anybody's ever tried to assemble a comprehensive catalogue or listing of them. They'd have been made and sold privately - or perhaps given away to schoolchildren in a certain town. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
vonspurter New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 10/01/2022 06:50 am Thanks for all the info - a clearer version Report this Post to the Staff
vonspurter New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 10/01/2022 06:57 am Believe one word under the swoosh is Vaughton Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 26063 Posts	Posted 10/01/2022 2:08 pm @von, ok good to know. It looks like Vaughtons Medals is still in business and headquartered in Birmingham. Consider reaching out to them. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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jbuck Moderator United States 120506 Posts	Posted 10/02/2022 12:41 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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