Medal - Tadeusz Kosciuszko Centenary
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1967 |
| Composition | Tombac |
| Weight | 63.1 g |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 553731 |
| References | Pinches# p122.2 John Harvey Pinches; 1987. Medals by John Pinches: A catalogue of works struck by the company from 1840 to 1969. Heraldry Today, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
150th Anniversary of the Death of Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Obverse
Head left
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SANGUIS HEROUM SEMEN LIBERTATIS
1746 1817
THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO
Engraver: Mary Gillick
Reverse
Eagle rising right
Script: Latin
Lettering:
KOSCIUSZKO CENTENARY COMMITTEE LONDON MCMXVII
POLONIA RESURGENS
Engraver: Ernest George Gillick
Edge
Plain with inscription
Script: Latin
Lettering: RE-ISSUED LONDON 1967
Comments
Issued by the Polish-British Committee.
Only 120 bronze medals were struck in 1917. The same medal, without the artist's name on rev., was re-issued for general sale in various metals (gold, silver & bronze) with inscr. REISSUED LONDON 1967 incised into the rim at the top. (Pinches)
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