Medal "Bărbăție și Credință", with Swords
Also known as: Medalia „Bărbăție și Credință”, cu spade
Record status
Individual type · partial
Medal "Bărbăție și Credință", with Swords is held by King Ferdinand I National Military Museum. Museum description: obverse: Oval-shaped medal featuring in relief at its center the profile effigy of King Carol I, facing left, surrounded by an uppercase inscription arranged semicircularly on the medal proper.
The medal is surmounted by two laurel branches to which the ribbon is attached. On this model, between the laurel branches and the medal itself are two crossed swords pointing downwards, made of the same gilded metal; exergue: on the obverse the inscription in uppercase "CAROL I. REGE AL ROMÂNIEI"; reverse: On the reverse, stamped in relief in the upper central register, is an uppercase inscription arranged in three horizontal lines, which is both the motto and the title of the medal; reverse: semicircularly, in the lower central register, a laurel leaf garland is represented in relief, tied at the bottom with a ribbon in the form of a bow; shape: Oval; obverse legend: CAROL The museum record gives measurements the ribbon has a width of 35 mm.; diameter: vertical - 35 mm, horizontal - 27 mm; mass: 16.70 g (including ribbon); thickness: 1 mm.
These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- brass; casting; stamping; gilding
- Dimensions
- panglica are o lățime de 35 mm.; diametru: vertical - 35mm, orizontal - 27 mm; masa: 16,70 g (inclusiv panglica); grosime: 1 mm
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_577a204527d64b2e9572f68656a24382
- Museum object name
- Medalia „Bărbăție și Credință”, cu spade
- Holding institution
- King Ferdinand I National Military Museum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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