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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 2538545, member: 24633&quot;][USER=78229]@old49er[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have several hundred from France, Belgium and Switzerland, struck in silver (argent), copper (cuivre) and bronze and ranging in size from 28mm to 90mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have some that were intended to be award medals. A lot of times, these medals are produced in advance of the judging for the event, and it depends on whether or not they are all awarded. The extras are usually left to the event organizer to dispose of since they paid for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, it can be left up to the award winner to have their own medal personally engraved. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don&#039;t. Sometimes, the engraving can be very ornate (for example, an anniversary or a wedding medal), and sometimes it can be rather crude, depending on how much the honoree wants to spend. Other times, the award winners don&#039;t bother.</p><p><br /></p><p>There can be other instances where the medals are struck with the honorees name added to the design of the die. An example would be someone who is anticipating retirement, and the medal is awarded as a gift. Even an award medal can be produced with the winner&#039;s name as part of the design, but these are usually presented some time after the event.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one in which the exergue is left blank.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543640[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]543641[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an award medal with the name part of the die. (Note: I have another of this medal in which the exergue is blank.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543642[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543643[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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