constanius Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Obv: ANATOLI DUROW, bust of Anatoli Durov facing right wearing fur coat. Rev: ERSTER RUSSISCHER SOLO CLOWN, around coat-of-arms. Bronze 23mm circa 1890 by Otto Oertel(Germ.) active 1888-1915) (Diakov-) rare. Anatoly Leonidevich Durov(Durow/Douroff) in Russian Анато́лий Леонидович Ду́ров (November 26, 1864-January 7, 1916) Born into a noble Russian family both he and his brother Vladimir joined the circus and in doing so founded a Russian circus dynasty. Anatoly became a solo clown(clown-satirist) who used to deliver a monologue attacking authority figures and he also used dogs, cats, mice & a pig in his performance. Feeling the heat in tsarist Russia he embarked on a tour in 1890-91 of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France. Whilst he was performing in Berlin he named his pig 'Will' and he placed a Prussian spiked helmet on it's head and called out 'Will helm', the name of the Kaiser was Wilhelm, Durov was subsequently arrested and asked to leave Germany. This medal, because it is inscribed in German, ERSTER RUSSISCHER SOLO CLOWN(The leading Russian solo clown), would appear to be for that tour. The reverse shows, what I assume is, the genuine Durov coat-of-arms. I have seen the same medal with a French inscription PREMIER CLOWN RUSSE, signed Oertel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Interesting medal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Here's the French version: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 are there any in precious metalls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Not that I'm aware of. I know they come gold and silver plated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 I think the French one (probably this one) just sold on Ebay for $50. They seem to be pretty rare. But why should not they be? Durov was probably giving them out, sort of like a business card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 I think the French one (probably this one) just sold on Ebay for $50. They seem to be pretty rare. But why should not they be? Durov was probably giving them out, sort of like a business card. The one just sold on ebay had the obverse of mine "ANATOLI' & the French reverse, Alexbq2's has 'ANATOL' no 'I' The seller mistakenly attributed the medal to Anatoly Leonidevich Durov's son, the circus animal trainer Anatoli Anatoljewitsch Durov. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 The one just sold on ebay had the obverse of mine "ANATOLI' & the French reverse, Alexbq2's has 'ANATOL' no 'I' The seller mistakenly attributed the medal to Anatoly Leonidevich Durov's son, the circus animal trainer Anatoli Anatoljewitsch Durov. I saw that auction, and I noticed the mistake in attribution. But I did not notice the variation in spelling. I bought mine on eBay, probably a year ago for about the same price. Now I'll keep my eye out for a German version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Managed to acquire the French one, unsigned and spelt ANATOLI, just need the one spelt ANATOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Congrats! I may have bid against you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 I guess that is going to happen now & then, hopefully another one will turn up soon, please accept my apologies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted June 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Here's the French version: You might be interested to see this http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1678245&AucID=1575&Lot=1411&Val=f5e3288e20fa4ef58b92712e7d72e7e2 Just in case the link is removed here is a snipping picture, $139 + buyer's fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 You might be interested to see this http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1678245&AucID=1575&Lot=1411&Val=f5e3288e20fa4ef58b92712e7d72e7e2 Just in case the link is removed here is a snipping picture, $139 + buyer's fees. Somebody must have really liked it! I did get the German version recently: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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