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Donpiano New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 02/15/2014 6:07 pm Hello all, I am curious to see if anyone knows what I have here: I googled around and see that the design matches that of the British War Medal, awarded during and shortly after WW1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_War_Medal My conundrum is that apparently, the medal should be 36mm in diameter, whereas mine is obviously about the size of a US penny at around 18mm. Thoughts anyone? Report this Post to the Staff

peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 02/15/2014 6:25 pm Minutures are worn on special parades Report this Post to the Staff
Donpiano New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 02/16/2014 5:09 pm I see. Is it (or was it) customary for medal recipients to also receive a miniature version of their medal for parades? Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 05:16 am Almost certainly not a medal with such mushy details. Not to mention the loop at the top... my guess is you have a piece of a post WWI-era sewing kit. They made these little things to help thread needles (I think... I'm not much of an expert on sewing) and quite frequently modeled them after coins or medals for the sake of novelty. I had a few at one point that were modeled after old-style British large pennies, but smaller than a (US) cent and made of plastic. Yours is probably iron or some other base metal. Report this Post to the Staff
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