Help? Picked This Up At A Yard Sale (Id: Late 20th Century Shooting Medal)

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Texas collector Valued Member United States 369 Posts	Posted 06/21/2009 03:46 am I got a call from my parents; they were at a yard sale and said the guy had some coins. So I got up and went to the sale, long story short, I bought a lot of about 40 coins for $25. (There was quite a bit of silver in it) Not a really extra great deal, but not a bad one. Anyway, included besides American coins were a 1963 cinco centavos Mexican coin, a 1966 5 centimes coin from "Republique Francaise," and this MEDAL: My local coin dealer said it was Davey (spelling?) Crokett with an Indian, but he didn't know much more about it. He said it was probably brass-plated steel. Anyone know what this is exactly? Edited by Texas collector 06/21/2009 04:21 am Report this Post to the Staff

ratman4762 Pillar of the Community United States 2520 Posts	Posted 06/21/2009 03:53 am Not really a coin, more of a medal or something. Interesting! Anything on the reverse side? Report this Post to the Staff
Texas collector Valued Member United States 369 Posts	Posted 06/21/2009 04:02 am "Not really a coin" Whoops! I knew that. That was a typo! :) Nope, nothing on the reverse, nada. I may post a pic anyway just for the curious-minded. Report this Post to the Staff
Texas collector Valued Member United States 369 Posts	Posted 06/21/2009 04:18 am Here's the reverse, in all its blankness. Edited by Texas collector 06/21/2009 04:23 am Report this Post to the Staff
valutarick Valued Member Netherlands 376 Posts	Posted 06/21/2009 11:25 am Schützenfestmedal of Austrian, Swiss or German origin. Flintlocksystem should indicate somewhere in between 1790. But metal of this medal is younger than that, not older then 70 years approximately. Frankfurt, Innsbruck do have yearly schützenfests, where contestants can match their rifle skills. Numbered medal, highly Austrian-type lettering. Torch could be military scutcheon of army-unit. Edited by valutarick 06/21/2009 11:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 06/21/2009 11:49 am Yeah, there's no way that's Davy Crokett and an Indian. It's definitely some kind of an award medal for shooting flintlock rifles. My suggestion is to check trophy places with online catalogues, and see if they have anything like it. I don't think it's all that old because it's kind of generic-looking. Report this Post to the Staff
Texas collector Valued Member United States 369 Posts	Posted 06/21/2009 11:57 pm Thanks! It could have been made in 1989, since it says "89" on it. I think it's more interesting as an award medal than a commemorative anyway. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 06/25/2009 06:17 am Yep, it says "(C) 1989", so 1989 is it's earliest date. It's a generic award medal, of the kind you could go down to your local trophy engraving shop and purchase today; if there's such a shop nearby, go down and ask if they have any medals like that in stock. There's space on the obverse to engrave the gun club or event organizer's name if they wanted to, and plenty of space on the reverse for engraving name, date and event. It's probably made of solid brass. If it were plated steel, it would stick to a magnet. Test it and see. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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