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  • September 9, 2020 at 7:20 pm #66129
    KevinBeyer
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    All,

    I am trying to describe a medal that has a particular type of suspension.  The suspension is akin to the type used on the Italian WWI Victory medal.  Alexander Laslo in his book Interallied Victory Medals of World War I refers to this suspension as ‘staffa’.  Is this the term that is commonly used?  Or, was it unique to Italian medals?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Kevin Beyer
    OMSA #7096

    September 29, 2020 at 11:26 am #66159
    jb floyd
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    The “staffa” suspension is not unique to Italian medals. There are some medals from Baden, for example, with variants of that same wide suspension, although the Germans don’t seem to apply a specific term to it.  I’ve used “staffa” for many years of cataloging and nobody seems to have been too confused by it.

    October 11, 2020 at 9:50 am #66216
    KevinBeyer
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    Thanks for the response, Jeff.  I am writing a new article for JOMSA and I wasn’t quite sure what to call it.  So, “staffa” it is!

    Kevin

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