WW1 Trench Art With Much Older Coin Attached I Believe. Likely European (Id: French Souvenir Medal)

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Martb65 New Member United Kingdom 5 Posts	Posted 04/22/2023 3:36 pm Hi experts , appreciate any help you can give. Apologies if Ive posted in the wrong area. Found it a bit tricky to find the right area. I collect trench art . I have a matchbox holder. . It is 1st or 2nd WW with a coin/token which I believe much older coin attached. Unfortunately I can only see one side as its attached and at this stage I don't want to try and remove it. Matchbox holder was made in France. Looks and feels like lead or silver. Likely a mixture as if lead would have less definition I think ? Diameter is 31mm Letters I S I A? (last letter looks like Pi but under magnifying glass looks like its an A with the horizontal line less prominent in in a v shape Many thanks Mart Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/22/2023 3:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6524 Posts	Posted 04/22/2023 3:51 pm Can we see a photo of the other side of the holder? Report this Post to the Staff
Martb65 New Member United Kingdom 5 Posts	Posted 04/22/2023 4:00 pm Thankyou for your swift response.Iit is attached to a tin plate material likely made of a food ration tin so literally nothing on it other than a rusty patini Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6524 Posts	Posted 04/22/2023 4:17 pm I'm assuming they have acetone in the UK. I would try that Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 04/22/2023 11:30 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 04/22/2023 11:56 pm @keith, the OP has said that they don't want to remove this piece from the underlying matchbook cover. @mar, first welcome to CCF. Second, can you tell if this coin has a reeded edge? That might help us narrow things down a bit. Also, what is the diameter? Thx. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Martb65 New Member United Kingdom 5 Posts	Posted 04/23/2023 01:13 am Hi. It is 30mm diameter. Completely smooth edges. I will remove it if it is a coin of interest.Thickmess 2.5 mm Thanks Mart Report this Post to the Staff
Martb65 New Member United Kingdom 5 Posts	Posted 04/23/2023 05:56 am Hi all I am going to try and remove it. Not sure how its attached .Hopefully with some sort of glue Will try acetone and hopefully have some more info for you Mart Report this Post to the Staff
bjherbison Valued Member United States 257 Posts	Posted 04/23/2023 2:46 pm I tried five image searches and came up with a hit. (With the engine I should have used first, Numista Exonumia image search.) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/ex...a125678.html French Souvenir medal. There doesn't appear to be a listing in Token Catalog. https://tokencatalog.com Report this Post to the Staff
Martb65 New Member United Kingdom 5 Posts	Posted 04/23/2023 3:20 pm You deserve a medal ! Many thanks for taking the time I have managed to partly remove from the match box holder and the reverse is actually completely blank, but as you say the front is a perfect match so I'm guessing it was a copy or ground down to stick on the box Great site , thanks to all who viewed and assisted Report this Post to the Staff
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