The Czech War Remembrance Medal Artist: Unknown

1939

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

22.62 g, 12:00, 38 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Dorothy Thompson

Accession Number

2001.87.28520

Geography

Made in Czechoslovakia

Culture

Czechoslovakian

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: CZECHOSLOVAKIA SHALL BE FREE AGAIN. Man with both hand tied to columns. A second man hugs his waist with back facing, woman on other side facing forward, holding a child. Columns are adorned with three swastikas, military helmets, and are wrapped with snakes. City landscape and PRAVDA and ZVITEZI in background.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: MARCH 15, 1939. REPUBLIKA CESKOSLOVENSKA. Shield with crowned lion in center, two griffins, a bear, and a cross in 4 corners. JH below shield.
Provenance
Dorothy Thompson, about 1928; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1928–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

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