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Medal - Border Watch Michelsen & Berner

Features

Location Norway
King Haakon VII (1905-1957)
Type Commemorative medals › Military medals
Year 1905 (1906)
Composition Silver
Weight 9 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round with a loop
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
556596
References Støren/Holst# 280-282
Ragnar Støren, Hans Holst; 1937. Myntgravør Ivar Throndsens medaljer, jetonger og merker = Coin Engraver Ivar Throndsen's Medals, Tokens, and Badges. Numismatic Cabinet of the University of Oslo: Myntkabinett, Oslo, Norway.

Obverse

Double portraits of Christian Michelsen and Carl Berner facing right. Norwegian lion and sun rays above, inscription on the sides, wreath below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHR. MICHELSEN
CARL BERNER
Iv. THRONDSEN

Engraver: Ivar Throndsen

Reverse

Inscription in five lines, in a laurel wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TIL
MINDE
OM
GRÆNSEVAGTEN
⋆ 1905 ⋆

Translation: In memory of the border watch.

Engraver: Ivar Throndsen

Mint

Norwegian Mint (Norske Myntverk), Kongsberg, Norway (1686-date)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1905 (1906) 

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