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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1224122, member: 6229"]You know what Medals are; awards, commemorations of a deed, event, person or place. They usually have a design on only one side, but some are two-sided. Shapes are round, square and diamond. Some may bear a date, but most do not. Those of Dessau issued during its Pre Empire existence are a joy to behold. Medals can be ornaments, rewards, honors, bracteates, jewelry or even plaques. They may be composed of brass (Brassmedaille), bronze (Bronzemedaille), copper (Cupromedaille), gold (Guldmedaille), or silver (Silbermedaille).　All images courtesy of Coin Archives.　This Medal created in 1829 under Duke Leopold Friedrich (1817-1871) is composed of bronze.　Coin Archives photo:　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1013515&AucID=934&Lot=1131&Val=f190e9b01ed0266a8f05918154012d98" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1013515&AucID=934&Lot=1131&Val=f190e9b01ed0266a8f05918154012d98" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1013515&AucID=934&Lot=1131&Val=f190e9b01ed0266a8f05918154012d98</a>　Way back in 1729 this silver Medal was produced. It bears the bust of Duke Johanna von Anhalt-Dessau (1729-1750) on the obverse and honors others on the reverse.　Coin Archives image:　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=941322&AucID=697&Lot=2762&Val=4d241f08ef3eb56422e7d6d4362facb7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=941322&AucID=697&Lot=2762&Val=4d241f08ef3eb56422e7d6d4362facb7" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=941322&AucID=697&Lot=2762&Val=4d241f08ef3eb56422e7d6d4362facb7</a>　This 2-sided bronze Medal was issued in 1836. How do you like this reverse?　Coin Archives photo:　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=964244&AucID=714&Lot=987&Val=08872ff7d39f90d99d3456ab6ad22887" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=964244&AucID=714&Lot=987&Val=08872ff7d39f90d99d3456ab6ad22887" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=964244&AucID=714&Lot=987&Val=08872ff7d39f90d99d3456ab6ad22887</a>　This bronze Medal, made in 1843 features the busts of King Friederike and Princess Maria Anna von Preußen:　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=964246&AucID=714&Lot=989&Val=0b8c136ea7ab3e6ab96819760151aa46" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=964246&AucID=714&Lot=989&Val=0b8c136ea7ab3e6ab96819760151aa46" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=964246&AucID=714&Lot=989&Val=0b8c136ea7ab3e6ab96819760151aa46</a>　　Two years later (1845) this bronze Medal was produced:　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=964247&AucID=714&Lot=990&Val=db3647f260c59274ff3462ab8fd2afe8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=964247&AucID=714&Lot=990&Val=db3647f260c59274ff3462ab8fd2afe8" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=964247&AucID=714&Lot=990&Val=db3647f260c59274ff3462ab8fd2afe8</a>　　In 1801 Leopold Friedrich Franz authorized the creation of this bronze Medal:　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1026421&AucID=944&Lot=3240&Val=20024d4261d3067d0f468305f40d7706" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1026421&AucID=944&Lot=3240&Val=20024d4261d3067d0f468305f40d7706" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1026421&AucID=944&Lot=3240&Val=20024d4261d3067d0f468305f40d7706</a>　　Sometimes a very novel collectible comes along worthy of note. Such a collectible is this three-sided 81mm by 93mm Bronze Medal. It's a diamond-shaped plaquette struck in 1928 bearing three Medallions featuring the busts of Köhl, Hünefeld und Fitzmaurice on its obverse. Its reverse is blank:　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=939011&AucID=696&Lot=1311&Val=57e8bbae462206863273e7ccd7cf68c9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=939011&AucID=696&Lot=1311&Val=57e8bbae462206863273e7ccd7cf68c9" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=939011&AucID=696&Lot=1311&Val=57e8bbae462206863273e7ccd7cf68c9</a>　　Did you like that Medal?　　Wouldn't any one of those seven Medals improve your collection?　　Clinker[/QUOTE]

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