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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chris B, post: 8201261, member: 87179&quot;]Hopefully, none of these are repeats. I picked up 3 new medals in the last couple of weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1437168[/ATTACH]</p><p>Diameter: 65mm</p><p>Weight: 149.1g</p><p><br /></p><p>Epona - Goddess of Horses in Celtic Mythology</p><p><br /></p><p>Epona, meaning &quot;Divine Mare&quot;, was the goddess of horses, including those who worked with them, as well as fertility during the Iron age. Her worship originated with nomadic Celts in Gaul and extended throughout Continental Europe and the Roman Empire. Epona was the only Celtic deity venerated in Rome itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>The myth states Epona was the beautiful child of a horse and human male. The importance of horses in Celtic culture may have contributed to her cult spreading from Gaul to Germany and eventually to Rome. For example, Celtic nobles were usually buried with their horses and saddles indicating horses were important in the afterlife. The extensive worship of Epona may also be the reason the Celts did not eat horse meat.</p><p><br /></p><p>SS L&#039;Atlantique was a French ocean liner owned by the Compagnie de Navigation Sud Atlantique, a subsidiary of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). When completed in 1931 she was the largest, swiftest, and most luxurious ocean liner on the route between Europe and South America.</p><p><br /></p><p>Her career was cut short by a fire in 1933 that gutted much of the ship and killed nineteen of her crew. She was scrapped in Scotland in 1936.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1437166[/ATTACH] </p><p>France farming agriculture </p><p>AVESNES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY </p><p>Bronze </p><p><br /></p><p>by Erdmann</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Farm girl with cows and sheep under tree</p><p><br /></p><p>Diameter: 50mm</p><p>Weight: 45gr</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1437167[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Medal - 1800 BHM-494</p><p><br /></p><p>Ireland-Britain Union</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Two women standing, Pyramid behind, Shield of Britain and harp of Ireland. FRIENDSHIP UNION AND PEACE</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND UNITED MDCCC at center, Lion and anchor below, ONE LAW above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Engraved by J.G. Hancock[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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