A Continuing Thread ~ Post Your Tokens, Medals, Exonumia Acquisitions

I take my pictures with a camera and work with them on a PC with a program called photoscape. Then I upload them here after I crop and resize them. This sounds like a smartphone or something problem which I have no idea how they work. Maybe somebody else can help.

Admiral Chester William Nimitz Sr. February 24, 1885 - February 20, 1966
He served in the US Navy in both WWI and WWII.

Nimitz, a German Texan, was born in Fredericksburg, Texas.
He was significantly influenced by his German-born paternal grandfather, Charles Henry Nimitz, a former seaman in the German Merchant Marine, who taught him ...


His grandfather became a Texas Ranger in the Texas Mounted Volunteers in 1851. He then served as captain of the Gillespie Rifles Company in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.


Nimitz was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.
Ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, he was promoted by FDR to commander-in-chief, United States Pacific Fleet with the rank of admiral, effective December 31.


Here shown with his 4 star Admiral status in a painting as he appears at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
He did become a 5 star Fleet admiral on December 19, 1944.

A glimpse into "The Battle of Midway"

Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan's planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.

Scouts found the Japanese early in the morning of June 4. Although initial strikes by Midway-based planes were not successful, American carrier-based planes turned the tide. Torpedo bombers became separated from the American dive-bombers and were slaughtered (36 of 42 shot down), but they diverted Japanese defenses just in time for the dive-bombers to arrive; some of them had become lost, and now by luck they found the Japanese.
The Japanese carriers were caught while refueling and rearming their planes, making them especially vulnerable. The Americans sank four fleet carriers-the entire strength of the task force-Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu, with 322 aircraft and over five thousand sailors. The Japanese also lost the heavy cruiser Mikuma. American losses included 147 aircraft and more than three hundred seamen.

Shown on the reverse is what looks to be the Japanese Flag Ship Akagi under attack.
A nice example of this high relief medal which commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Battle Of Midway.

Yes, circle of death from pressing the green arrow. I am using a Nikon Coolpix B500 camera. Nothing special.

Very nice, TNG!

A wonderful post, TNG.

I haven't picked up anything new in a while mainly because I have a gold and silver appetite but a copper budget
I received these yesterday.

Prospector


Obverse:

Inspired by the California Gold Rush of the late 1840s, the obverse features a rugged prospector holding a pickaxe and sifting pan. He stands in the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains next to a mule. The inscription "PROSPECTOR" is seen at the top. The design represents the innate human desire for prosperity and adventure.

Reverse:

The reverse features the classic scene of a sleepy Wild West town, complete with a saloon and hotel with horses hitched out front. An inscription reads "ONE OUNCE .999 FINE COPPER."





Pale Horse Of Death

Obverse

The Pale Horse of Death represents sickness and decay, as indicated by the horse's sickly, greenish hue. A skeletal figure on an armored horse rides across the round's obverse. The rider carries a large scythe and wears an hourglass around his neck. The inscription reads "PALE HORSE OF DEATH", and you will find a privy mark of crossed scythes under the horse's belly.


Reverse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse series has a shared reverse that features four horses rearing up behind a crest containing each of the horsemens' privy marks. The reverse is inscribed with "THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE," along with the weight and purity.