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I think it's a medal, any ideas?

Definitely it is a medal. The reverse of the medal displays the coat of arms of Austria, which at the time of the young Queen Victoria would be to commemorate some treaty/engagement with the Austrian empire circa 1840-1860 or possibly the Austrian-Hungarian empire after 1867. The medal was probably British, as Queen Victoria is prominently displayed on it. I'll do some more research to see what I can find.

That's what kind of threw me off! the Victora vs Austrian coat of arms. I'm not a history buff. Too bad it's holed.

It does have a reeded edge.

Thogey wrote:That's what kind of threw me off! the Victora vs Austrian coat of arms. I'm not a history buff. Too bad it's holed.

It does have a reeded edge.

The hole is OK. The medal hung beneath some kind of fancy ribbon assembly. It seems to be a war campaign medal, but I can't recognize the war (or treaty) with Austria yet. Maybe some of our history experts and help us focus.

Any help on this one.

Pre-Commie Russia also used that coat of arms on their coinage. The U.K. and Russia were in a spat in the mid 1850's. I dunno...

That hole kinda looks half assed, like somebody did it with a hand drill. Or is it just the pic?

The two-headed Eagle looks Russian to me. Plus the little ball with the cross looks Eastern Orthodox so I'm going Russia. The Tsar was the King's cousin, remember.

AGgressive Metal wrote:The two-headed Eagle looks Russian to me. Plus the little ball with the cross looks Eastern Orthodox so I'm going Russia. The Tsar was the King's cousin, remember.

I seem to remember that's where all the hemophilia was.

No expert on coats of arms, but the image seems to match that of late 19th century Russian Empire, as was noted above.

oh crud ...I thought maybe "this old vicky" had four wheels....

It appears that is a type of gaming token. Found some info, but there seems to be errors and disagreement within these sources.

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topi ... C_ID=72415
http://thanetcoastlife.blogspot.com/200 ... okens.html
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QUEEN-VICTORI ... 0600702816
http://fr.numista.com/forum/topic2338.html