Medal "Avântul Țării"
Also known as: Medalia „Avântul Țării”
Record status
Individual type · partial
Medal "Avântul Țării" is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: obverse: In the centre is depicted a crowned eagle with a cross, holding a sword in its right talon and a sceptre in its left, and bearing on its chest a medallion containing the effigy of King Carol I facing left.; reverse: Allegorical scene - the crossing of the Danube by the Romanian Army on a pontoon bridge of barges, above which is a victory holding a palm leaf in her right hand and a laurel wreath in her left.
Toward the upper edge, a ribbon bearing the legend.; shape: Circular; obverse legend: ÎN AMINTIREA ÎNĂLȚĂTORULUI AVÂNT 1913 / CAROL I REGE AL ROMÂNIEI / PACE; reverse legend: DIN CARPAȚI PESTE DUNĂRE LA BALCANI; edge: Smooth The museum record gives measurements diameter: 33 mm; weight: 164 g - total weight; maximum diameter: 33 mm; place associated: country of origin: Kingdom of Romania; commune of discovery: com.; county of discovery: jud..
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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Research required
- Dimensions
- diametru: 33 mm; masa: 164 g - greutate totală; diametrul maxim: 33 mm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- țară de proveniență: Regatul României; comună de descoperire: com.; județ de descoperire: jud.
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_00443859378c4769a453881620a5f014
- Museum object name
- Medalia „Avântul Țării”
- Holding institution
- National Museum of Romanian History
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