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I’ve added a number of interesting medals to my web site (http://www.FloydMedals.com) recently.
Part of the update comes from an old collection of British medals. While many of the groups are already gone, there are still some excellent campaign medals listed.
I’ve also been able to include some rare early Italian awards, including a couple of medals for China 1900.
I’ve now listed over 2100 worldwide medals.
There might be something there for you, so please stop by.
Jeff Floyd
It’s very difficult to make out in detail, but I suspect that it is a ribbon of the United Confederate Veterans, who use a red/white/red ribbon. This sort of rosette was not uncommon as a commemorative badge for a local meeting/reunion. The ribbon edges were often silver bullion.
The "1/Pr." is more likely to be "1st Prize". The medal is probably a civilian shooting competition prize. The green/white ribbon also indicates Saxony.
Reverse of the above medal.
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Not an official award that I’m aware of.
The ribbon style is often associated with student organizations, and I would assume that the pendant is a school seal of some sort.
Not exactly a definitive answer, but a step in the right direction.
The ribbons look blue/orange to me, but I have difficulty with some red/orange shades. If they are red, then this makes infinite sense.
Megan raises an interesting possibility.
The style of the mount is certainly Germanic, but the ribbons are not obvious German ribbons. I’ve not run into these ribbons in the hundreds of German mounted groups I’ve handled over the years.
Unfortunately, official Liechtenstein awards are few and far between, and unofficial awards are documented nowhere I’ve ever seen.
The mystery continues.
The "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" is often seen in the collector’s market in the $100-150 range. The more modern pieces are toward the upper end of that range simply because the recipients and their families tend to hang on to them.
The medal comes in three grades (gold, silver and bronze). The "gold" grade is usually bronze-gilt. They are commercially made in Italy by a variety of medal/order manufacturers. They usually don’t carry a maker’s mark, so the only way to determine the manufacturer is check the interior of the issue case.
