Dear Dave Thank you so much for your quick answer. It helped a lot Best regards Ely
On Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 1:45:56 AM UTC-3, Dave Turrell wrote: > > Ely, > > > > Your medal is by Constantino Affer and was issued by Sirom of Milan in > 1965. > > > > There are five sizes, all of which are .900 fine. 50, 40, 34, 27, and 20 > mm. The 50mm are numbered (1000 struck). Quantities not available for the > smaller sizes. It seems trial strikes in silver gilt exist in the 40mm > size, although at 16.5 grams they are little more than half the weight of > their gold counterparts. > > > > Source: J. Eric Engstrom. The Medallic Portraits of Sir Winston > Churchill. Page 24, Item 34. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Dave > > > > *From:* church...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > church...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Ely Wein > *Sent:* Saturday, March 4, 2017 4:14 PM > *To:* ChurchillChat <church...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> > *Subject:* [ChurchillChat] Sir Winston Churchill coin/medal > > > > Dear Sirs > > > > I have a golden coin/medal with a sir Winston Churchill bust making the > “V” sign on one side. > On the reverse side, the Houses of Parliament, around the whole edge of > the coin the marks of a clock and the inscription “1940 THE FINEST HOUR” > I found nothing about that on the internet. > Could anyone provide information regarding manufacturer, material > composition, fineness, etc? > Find pictures of both sides at > https://www.facebook.com/pg/Winston-Churchill-1652264381735544/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1652265685068747 > Best regards > Ely > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillcha...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to church...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
