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Postby Thogey » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:53 am

I think it's a medal, any ideas?

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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby Country » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:39 pm

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. :)
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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby Thogey » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:43 pm

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.
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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby Country » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:55 pm

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. :)
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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby Thogey » Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:48 pm

Any help on this one.
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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby Bluegill » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:52 pm

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?
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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby AGgressive Metal » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:38 pm

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.
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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby Thogey » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:02 pm

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.
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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby 68Camaro » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:06 pm

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

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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby fasteddy » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:11 pm

oh crud ...I thought maybe "this old vicky" had four wheels....
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Re: Please Help ID this old Vicky

Postby Bluegill » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:55 pm

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
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