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United States
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Thought this was a cool medal so purchased it from a new dealer in town. Apparently, was a medal from the 1939 worlds fair in New York. Supposedly sold with proceeds to go toward assisting and bringing attention to the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. I asked the dealer where he acquired them and he told me that an elderly gentleman from the old country had said that he had been paid with them for some work he had done many years ago. The dealer still had a half dozen of the medals and said he had sold two already. I had never seen one before and thought the story was interesting.   |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Sorry, didn't realize the photos were rotated. |
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Valued Member
United States
234 Posts |
Well, one more try and if it doesn't work ... I give up. |
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Valued Member
United States
234 Posts |
A final try.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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They do not appear rotated to me!
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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 United States
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@gmwatson, interesting token--thanks for sharing. I wonder what the characters are on the rev just to each side of the crest. They look like capital letter Os, with a strikethrough. Any idea what they mean?
"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."
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Valued Member
United States
234 Posts |
Paralyse ... they were rotated originally and then I proceeded to repost them over and over thinking I had the photos corrected only to find they were still 90 degrees rotated. The next thing I know, they're correct. I'm not the most technically savvy guy so I end up not sure how to correct such issues when the normal process fails.
Spence ... I'm not sure what those symbols mean. I'll do some checking and see what I can find out.
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Uruguay
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I wonder what the characters are on the rev just to each side of the crest. They look like capital letter Os, with a strikethrough. Any idea what they mean? Actually they are linden leaves flanking the shield. Linden tree is symbolic of the Slav people, is usual in heraldry. I have this fantastic medal too, on the edge you can see the manufacturer stamped: "MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y."    |
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United States
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Actually they are linden leaves flanking the shield. Ok interesting--thanks for following up! "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
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Canada
217 Posts |
That really is a fantastic medal. I can't quite make out the edge inscription - is it"medallic art co. NY"? I want to get one of these.
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