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Medal - History of the United States Trial of War Criminals

Location United States
Year 1975
Type Commemorative medal
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Obverse description The obverse depicts a high-relief multi-figure scene representing the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal of 1946, showing defendants wearing headphones in the foreground, two Allied military officers standing at centre, and a despondent figure in the dock at right. The legend TRIAL OF WAR CRIMINALS arcs along the upper border, flanked by a ring of stars, with the date 1946 at the bottom. The designer's initials WS appear in the lower left of the field.
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Obverse lettering TRIAL OF WAR CRIMINALS WS 1946
Reverse description The reverse features an ornate rectangular cartouche at top bearing the date 1946, surrounded by a decorative double-line oval frame with foliate corner ornaments. The field is filled with inscribed text listing key events of 1946, including labor strikes, Philippine independence, the creation of the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Nuremberg sentencing. The Franklin Mint mark appears at the bottom of the field.
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