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I'll relate what I know about this and perhaps somebody can fill in the blanks. It obviously commemorates the 50th anniversary of something, most likely the commencement of The Second Battle of the Somme, the major historical event associated with August 21, 1918. The legend "Pravda Vítezí" translates as "Truth Prevails" and is the motto of the Order of the White Lion. I'm not familiar with the modern sculpture depicted, but I believe the symbolism is of Eve and the Serpent. What looked at first to me to be surrounding lightning bolts, I now take upon closer examination to be bayonets. Apparently made from .900 fine silver, and was probably struck by Argor-Heraeus, a large Swiss refiner of precious metals which also operates a mint. Proof finished, 34 mm in diameter.   Colligo ergo sum
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12/23/2017 7:30 pm
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Does the ARGOR 500/1000 translate to 50% silver?
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The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, officially known as Operation Danube, was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact nations - the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany and Poland - on the night of 20-21 August 1968. Approximately 250,000 Warsaw pact troops attacked Czechoslovakia that night, with Romania and Albania refusing to participate. East German forces, except for a small number of specialists, did not participate in the invasion because they were ordered from Moscow not to cross the Czechoslovak border just hours before the invasion. 137 Czechoslovakian civilians were killed and 500 seriously wounded during the occupation.
Perhaps commemorating the death of Czechoslovak independence 50 years after it was established?
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Does the ARGOR 500/1000 translate to 50% silver? I believe you're correct - I had misread the "5" as a "9".... Quote:
Perhaps commemorating the death of Czechoslovak independence 50 years after it was established? I hadn't looked up that date for 1968, just 1918, so that may well be. But Czechoslovakia had hardly been independent in any real sense at any time after 1938. Colligo ergo sum
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But Czechoslovakia had hardly been independent in any real sense at any time after 1938. I am not suggesting this is your logic, or my logic, but rather the logic behind this design. |
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Hello, I can provide you with some materials about the 1968 Czech Silver Medal you posted. *** Edited by Staff - Please review the rules that you agreed to when you registered. *** It is sentimental topic to me as I am originally from Slovakia. Kind Regards Lubos Dudas |
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Well, that certainly answers all the major questions regarding how this medal came about. That they were distributed through organizations in the United States makes it a little less surprising that mine turned up here in Arizona.
Colligo ergo sum
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Thank you for that link! Very interesting.  |
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