Got this from Secret Santa

Coin Talk Secret Santa gifted me with this medal. Does anyone have info on it? Thanks.

 

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Gamla (stan) is referenced as the "Town Between Bridges" and is the original old town of Stockholm until 1980. I assume this commemorates this as a medal. But I have no catalogs for pricing these.

 

The 1897 date suggests something different. Well, not really different - Gamla Stan (Old Town) does indeed refer to the historic "heart" of Stockholm. But Gamla Stockholm was a miniature city, built for the World Expo in that year. The first article is about that mini-old-town but in Swedish, so you may want to try Google Translate or so. The second one, in English, is about the expo in general.

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamla_Stockholm_(kulisstad)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Art_and_Industrial_Exposition_of_Stockholm

Christian

 

1897 was the jubilee year for Oscar II... who is the medal signed by --- on the obverse?

 

This one is listed as 75$

 

Identical to yours:

https://www.delcampe.com/en_US/coll...way-gamla-stockholm-metal-40mm-442117868.html


Same reverse on this one:

 

at the bottom of page 71 -- this would be a souvenir from the exposition that year

https://books.google.com/books?id=Z...=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyru-to6bYAhWsS98KHX-wAXI

 

So it seems like this is a souvenir of the Stockholm Exhibition...

 

Thanks for the clarification folks. I was rather punting on this one.

 

here is 1 similar to yours on 1 side on Ebay. link:https://www.ebay.com/itm/1897-SILVE...579324?hash=item4d4525aefc:g:Gz8AAOSwX61ZC1Pf

 

Thanks for the info folks. I've been to Stockholm and Gamma Stan but didn't know about the Expo. Merry Christmas!