In putting these up in the Russian Virtual Coin Museum...

http://www.coinpeople.com/b1991-1995-Russi...nt-b-t6760.html


I thought what a nice subject for a thread. Post whatever you got. Get funky. Go ahead with medals, medallions, colorized stuff, commems, circ issues, whatever is military realated.

So here's what I have (besides the Russian WWII commems)....

And again....

Okay, I'm game. But, I'm diving into the past. A Celtic warrior of the Pictones, shortly before the Gallic Wars (ca. 60 - 50 BC). He's holding a boar standard and an oblong shield.

You go as far back as you want.

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Neat collections. That's certainly an interesting theme.

Hmm ... now what did I do with that French coin with the soldier frantically waving a white flag ...

Tiff, you forgot some:

Two from the Battle of Waterloo:



The above is a restrike from 1967 of a medal that technially never was. By the time it was engraved completely everyone commemorated on it was dead. It came to me with oily fingerprints that I haven't had the guts to try to clean yet.



An example of how the winners get to write the history. This guy was nicked in the great battle and he celebrated his bravery by digging up the battlefield and building the famous Lion's Mound. Unfortunately he destroyed the actual landscape to get enough dirt to build the Mound.

very cool thread tiff as a collector of both coins and militaria....i find this thread rather intresting

In general I am not fond of or interested in military coins/medals. But this is a very good one.

Christian

I figured I would. I didn't go through every country just the ones where I knew I had some. The top one is a "revolutionary" so I was iffy on whether to count it or not.

I didn't remember any Commem. Portuguese coin with a military theme, but Vern's post reminded me of the Napoleonic Peninsular Campaigns Commems:







Pics taken from: www.moedas.org (Photos: António Clemente)

A silver french jeton of Zeus striking down the Titans.

Elverno-great stuff-I never tire of your pieces!

You should talk... I loved the L'an 10 and L'an 13 crowns you put up!

Here's a couple of larger Lauer jetons from 1813:

The coins of Mozmbique have their national coat of arms on them. An integral part of said coat of arms is an AK-47...

Further, some Arabic states have pistols, knives, swords, etc. on their coins.

a few silver medals with a naval theme

my only military inspired coin is this one I have on the way to me. I purchased it last week, and i'm looking forward to receiving it. It is a 1/4 oz. gold 1914 German 20 marks. This is the "Military Bust" variety of Wilhelm II and a 3 year issue only.

This year's Canadian S$1 depicts a Victoria Cross.

IMHO, an nice portrait. I've always liked the Prussian portraits even if Prussia was too militaristic for my tastes. Can't complain about their portraiture.

On some German 5mark pieces are the Potsdam Garrison church. It was decorated with Prussian military honors. Frederick the Great and his father were entombed there.Sadly it was destroyed during WWII.One of my favorite coins.

The "Garrison Church" coins come in three versions - 2 RM with date, 5 RM with and without date. They were issued by Nazi Germany and commemorate the reopening of the Reichtag after the parliament building in Berlin "parliament" was burned down.

By the way, the church was not "fully" destroyed in WW2. What was left of it after the war (primarily the tower) was torn down in 1968. The tower is currently being rebuilt, and the church could be reopened in about ten years.

Christian

Thanks Christian. I think Frederick the great is now buried in Sans Soucci, do you know where his father is buried?

Canada Victoria Cross coins.

Russia Marines modern day.

From 1796:

OOH! I love that first one. Outstanding.

The first one is huge for the period, 71mm! It's a uniface tin medal with the French mint's chocolate artificial patina applied to it.

The event was the capture of 6 (some authorities say 8) Austrian grenadiers by a French light infantryman named Menin. Austrian grenadiers were considered some of the most formidable fighters of the time. The medal is unusual not only for its size but the depiction of both the floor and ceiling as well.

Well worth looking at the full-size picture. I notice that I was still soliciting info on the event when I first put up the page. Oh well, there's another page to update...

Ooh! Full size pic is even better!

The sarcophagus of Friedrich d.Gr., and that of his father (Friedrich Wilhelm I.), used to be in the Garrison Church, and were transferred to Marburg (Elizabeth Church) shortly before the end of WW2. Then, between the mid-1950s and early 1990s, the sarcophagi were in Hohenzollern Castle. In 1990 or '91 the two were brought to Potsdam again, and are now in the "Kaiser-Friedrich-Mausoleum" in Sanssouci Park.

That building, about half way between the inner city and Sanssouci Castle, had been built for the German emperor (1888) Friedrich in the 19th century. Not that I am fond of the Prussian monarchy (the area around here on the Rhine got rid of it 60 years ago, after 130 years of Prussian rule) but Sanssouci sure is a place worth visiting.

Christian