RARE 1915 1917 Bronze Odd Shaped plaquettes from WWI Paris (XF/AU) For Sale
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RARE 1915 1917 Bronze Odd Shaped plaquettes from WWI Paris (XF/AU) :
$725.00
Dealer lot of two (2) odd-shaped plaquettes from WWI.(XF/AU)
Weight/Dimensions: 260 g
Metal: Bronze
Obverse: Woman with three children; battlefield aftermath
Reverse: Child seated on fence, plea for aid to Serbian children in French; blank
Description
One semi-circle shaped plaquette commemmorating the horrors of WWI, struck in Paris circa 1915. One rectangular plaquette minted dated 1917 and struck as part of an appeal for Serbian children left homeless because of the war. Both very rare.
Titles of Distinction
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Hero of Socialist Labor
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of USSR
- Dist. Military Pilot USSR
- Dist. Military Navigator USSR
- Dist. Test Pilot USSR
- Dist. Test Navigator USSR
- Distinguished Pilot USSR
- Dist. Navigator USSR
Orders of Distinction
- Order of Lenin
- Order of October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of Suvorov
- Order of Ushakov
- Order of Kutuzov
- Order of Nakhimov
- Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Order of the Patriotic War
- Order of Red Banner of Labor
- Order of Friendship
- Order of the Red Star
- Order Service to Motherland
- Order of the Badge of Honor
- Order of Honor
- Order of Personal Courage
- Order of Glory
- Order of Labor Glory
- Order of Mother Heroine
- Order of Maternal Glory