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08/16/2024 10:07 am
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Another nice one, cptbilly.  Errers and Varietys.
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Guadalcanal -- August 7, 1942 -- Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. Quote:
El Alamein -- October 25, 1942 -- Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and General Bernard L. Montgomery A wonderful pair of medals and a nice morning read. |
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Thank you jbuck, E&V. For information on the 1969 war drama which is set at the Second Battle of El Alemein, see this Wikipedia ENTRY. Apparently the film is available for free on YouTube. Tank warfare aficionados may enjoy a useful infographic regarding armor used on both sides : https://history.companyofheroes.com...-el-alamein/Edited by cptbilly
08/16/2024 1:12 pm
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Great looking bronze medal, and I love the history write up. |
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Dearborn. It's an interesting medal series. |
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Quote:For information on the 1969 war drama which is set at the Second Battle of El Alemein, see this Wikipedia ENTRY. Apparently the film is available for free on YouTube. Thank you! |
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Very nice medal, cptbilly. Errers and Varietys.
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Cinematic treatments of the Battle of Stalingrad include a 1989 Russian film "Stalingrad" available in two parts -- in Russian / German with english subtitles-- via YouTube's "Mosfilm" channel -- directed by Yuri Ozerov. The USSR distributor was Mosfilm; the USA distributor was Warner Brothers. A 1993 German film "Stalingrad", along with a 2013 Russian war film of the same name are also available. Also set in Stalingrad with a focus on snipers in an urban warfare environment is the 2001 release, "Enemy at the Gates," which starred Jude Law and Ed Harris, directed and co-written by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Critic Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four and wrote: Quote:
[the film]. . ."is about two men placed in a situation where they have to try to use their intelligence and skills to kill each other. When Annaud focuses on that, the movie works with rare concentration. The additional plot stuff and the romance are kind of a shame." Military historian Victor Davis Hanson, in his book The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won asserts: Quote:
"The costliest land battle in history took place at Stalingrad" and that the "fighting inside a besieged Stalingrad proved to be the most costly single battle of World War II. At least 1.5 million Russians and Germans died over the months of contesting the city's rubble, comparably only to the World War I German attack on the fortress complex at Verdun." We're a third of the way through the series. Hope you've enjoyed it. I'll be taking a break from the photos and flyers for a while. . .kind of sick of looking at pixlr screens. Cheers!Edited by cptbilly
08/17/2024 11:32 am
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Some say Stalingrad was the turning point in WWII. I think Hitler's decision to invade Russia in the first place was the turning point. You'd think he would have learned his lesson at Moscow.
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Sharing an example of a .999+ silver medal from the series -- seen on ebay -- in an original PAM box. The stated mintage for these was 2,500 at a release price of $20.00. This one is number 755. Have not seen one for sale before.  |
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@cptbilly: Thanks for sharing the medals and leaflets! I particularly enjoy reading Frank Grove's comments on the designs.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Thank you for the feedback, commems. Found this listing for Edward Grove at the National Academy of Design: https://nationalacademy.emuseum.com...ryneal-groveExcerpt: Quote:
From 1936 to 1947 he worked for the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in Washington, first as a die-sinker and then as an engraver of currency portraits and vignettes. He then worked as an engraver with the Security-Columbian Banknote Company until 1962, and from 1962 to 1965, as a sculptor-engraver for the United States Mint, Philadelphia. In 1967 he and his wife, the sculptor Jean Donner Grove, moved from Philadelphia to West Palm Beach, Florida. Since that time he has pursued independent work as a sculptor and painter.
Grove has worked as a painter in oil, watercolor, as a graphic artist in etching as well as the steel engraving media necessary to bank note design. He is, however, principally known as a scuptor in both low relief and full-round. Medal and coin design was a life-long specialty. . .
Grove's "The Alphabet" -- done in 1973 for the Society of Medalists series is one of my favorites: http://goccf.com/t/269184&whichpage=21#3937052. Grove also did the William Penn and Francis Parkman medals for MACO's "Hall of Fame for Great Americans" series. One can sense from his design notes that he relished the opportunity to meet some of the medal subjects. Later in the series, beginning with Issue #13 -- Invasion of Sicily -- he turns over the sculpting of the reverses to Rolf Beck who did so without credit through Issue #20 -- Battle of Leyte Gulf. Beck's "signature" [ R. Beck ] first appears on the 21st medal -- Defense of Bastogne -- along with Edward Grove's "signature," his initials [ ERG ]. Beck did the molds for the medal I use as my avatar  Edited by cptbilly
08/17/2024 9:41 pm
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