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Medals

Scope note

Small pieces of metal, usually gold, silver, or bronze, bearing a relief design on one or both sides and having a commemorative purpose; not used as a medium of exchange. THDAT

This term has 1,891 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300046025

Broader Terms used

<visual works by form>

Narrower Terms used

medallions (medals)

Equivalent Terms used

medal

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Shekel

Shekel

Maker(s)

State: Israel (After)
Issuer: Kenning

An image of Medals

Medals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Victoria (1837-1901) (Struck in the name of)

An image of Medals

Medals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Albert, Prince of Wales (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Struck in the name of)
Issuer: Lauer, Ludwig Christian (Inferred)

An image of Medals

Medals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Victoria (1837-1901) (Struck in the name of)

An image of Turkish Crimean Medal

Turkish Crimean Medal

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Abd al-Majid (1823-61)
State: Ottoman Empire

Medals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Albert, Prince of Wales (Struck in the name of)
Issuer: Moore, Joseph (Birmingham medallist, fl. 1850)

An image of Turkish Crimean Medal (French)

Turkish Crimean Medal (French)

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Abd al-Majid (1823-61)
State: Ottoman Empire

An image of Medals

Medals

Maker(s)

Issuer: Cody, Samuel Franklin (Struck in the name of)

An image of Locker's Park Medal

Locker's Park Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Locker's Park Preparatory School

An image of Permanent Force Good Service Medal

Permanent Force Good Service Medal

Maker(s)

State: South Africa

An image of Sovereign (coin)

Sovereign (coin)

Maker(s)

State: Switzerland (Struck in the name of)

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Medals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37) (Struck in the name of)

Medals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alfred, Prince (Struck in the name of)
Issuer: Moore, Joseph (Birmingham medallist, fl. 1850)

Medals

Maker(s)

Issuer: Moore, Joseph (Birmingham medallist, fl. 1850) (Uncertain)
Issuer: Wellesley, Arthur Charles, Sir, Duke of Wellington (Struck in the name of)

An image of Zimbabwe Independence Medal

Zimbabwe Independence Medal

Maker(s)

State: Zimbabwe

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Medals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Albert, Prince of Wales (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Struck in the name of)
Issuer: Lauer, Ludwig Christian (Inferred)

Portrait Medallion of Dr. Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802)

Maker(s)

Unknown

Medals

Medals

One of three German silver-gilt medals,one Polish copper medal

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Borghese Borhesi (1414-1490)

Maker(s)

Artist: Francesco di Giorgio (1439-1501)
Mint: Sienna

Other European Medals

Maker(s)

Maker: Andrieu

Contemporary Medals

Maker(s)

Maker: Richardson, Guy

Contemporary Medals

Maker(s)

Maker: Bodini, Floriano

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