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5 Krooni - In Memory of the Days of Exile

5 Krooni - In Memory of the Days of Exile - obverse5 Krooni - In Memory of the Days of Exile - reverse

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Features

Location Estonia
Type Membership medals › Donation medals
Year 1947
Composition Brass
Weight 10.3 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 2.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
577450

Obverse

Sailboat on the Baltic sea.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 5. KR.

Translation: 5 Krooni

Reverse

Coat of Arms of Estonia.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAGULASPÄEVADE MÄLESTUSEKS
1947
ESTNISKA FLYKTINGS HJÄLPEN

Translation:
In memory of the Days of Exile.
Estonian refugee aid.

Edge

Plain.

Mint

Sporrong & Co., Stockholm, Sweden

Comments

These medals were gifted or sold in Sweden to collect funds to send books to Estonian refugees staying in West-Germany. The image of the sailboat probably refers to the way Estonians fled their country at the end of World War 2.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1947  2 000

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