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Silver Medals Of Unknown Origin Or Purpose.

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Silver-Medals-Of-Unknown-Origin-Or-Purpose.

I am including two items as they are related-and came from the same collection.

Both appear to be silver, and are featureless aside from the initials on one side and what appears to be a date on the other.

The larger has the initials I. F. F, and number 19 21/10 07, which surely must be the date of 21 October 1907.

The smaller has the initials F. I. V. and the numbers 19 04/10 9=08, which surely must be the date of 4 October 1908.

The larger is 31 mm and weighs 10. 8 grams. The smaller is 22 mm and weighs 5.4 grams.

I am thinking an award or medal of some sort, but there is no indication of a reason or a country of origin, The collection has multiple examples of each type, plus a copper version of the larger one, and a different copper medal with the initials F. F. I on one side, and the words "1 sta. pris" within a wreath on the other side.

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All I found by doing a quick search using " blue and yellow ribbon on a 1908 Medal" was this using Copilot Search
Blue-and-Yellow Ribbon on a 1908 Medal
A blue-and-yellow ribbon on a 1908 U.S. military medal most likely refers to the Spanish Campaign Medal or the West Indies Campaign Medal, both instituted in 1908 for service in the Spanish-American War or related Caribbean operations.

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Thanks, @Greasy. I keep forgetting to do the search first. Unfortunately that is not a match, nor does a google image search give me a match.
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The copper medal lettering within the wreath, 1 sta. pris, *could* be "1st prize" in some Western European language.
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