Medal - Vimy Memorial Pilgrimage

€1.00
LocationFrance
Year1936
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionBronze
Weight59.6 g
Diameter50 mm
Thickness4.7 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgeBRONZE
PeriodThird Republic (1870-1940)
NoticeAlbin Possesse
Reference(s)
Obverse description(fr) Une femme accablée par la perte d`un être cher.
Obverse lettering26-VII-1936 CANADA FRANCE ALB. POSSESSE PELERINAGE CANADIEN SCUL PT WALTER ALLWARD CANADIAN PILGRINAGE VIMY
(Translation: July 26, 1936)
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionVimy Memorial with emanating rays in the background
Reverse letteringCANADIAN WAR MEMORIAL ON VIMY RIDGE IN MEMORIAM SEXACINTO MILLIUM CANADIENSIUM QUI ANNO DOMINI MCMXIV-MCMXVIII ARMIS VITRA MARE VITAM PRO PATRIA VITRO DEDIDERUNT
(Translation: In memory of sixty thousand Canadians who in the year of the lord 1914-1918 surrendered their lives for their country.)
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverMonnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
MintageND (1936)  - -
Catalog ID1414306170
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