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https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png UKDFD Recording Software https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/ Medals, medalets and presentation pieces https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces.html Religious Medalet https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/religious-medalet-57695.html Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:06:25 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces Religious Medalet  
Description: A copper-alloy oval religious medalet with an integral transverse suspension loop depicting Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.   


Saint Ignatius of Loyola, (23rd Oct 1491 - 31st July 1556) was born into a noble Spanish Basque family, he was a soldier, catholic priest, theologian, and founder member of the "Society of Jesus" later to be known as Jesuits, he became the society's first Superior General in 1541.  Beatified 1609, Canonised 1622, feast day 31 July, patron saint of soldiers.

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, (9th March 1568 - 21 June 1591) was born into a noble Italian family, the eldest of seven children. Canonisied 1726, feast day 21st June.  Patron saint of youth and students. he was originally destined for a military career, however, In 1585 he resigned his inheritance and social status and entered the "Society of Jesus" (the Jesuit Order). He died at the age of 23 after caring for the victims of a plague outbreak in Rome and contracting the disease himself.

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Peace Commemoration Medal https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/peace-commemoration-medal-56928.html Sun, 18 Sep 2022 19:29:00 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces Peace Commemoration Medal  
Description: A bronze medal commemorating victory and peace after the end of the Great War (WW1). Pierced for suspension.

Although the Armistice of 11 November 1918 had marked the end of fighting on the Western Front, negotiations to finalise the peace terms were not concluded until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919. To mark this occasion, a day of celebrations, dubbed 'Peace Day' was held on 19 July 1919
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George V Coronation Commemorative Medal https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/george-v-coronation-commemorative-medal-56409.html Sun, 10 Oct 2021 10:09:42 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces George V Coronation Commemorative Medal  
Description: Medal commemorating the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, 22 June, 1911. Chipped edge with pierced section missing.
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Religious Medal https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/religious-medal-10067.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces Religious Medal  
Description: An octagonal religious medal of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. In 1540, Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus as a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. Its members came to be known as Jesuits. He was canonised in 1622.
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Edward VII Coronation Commemorative Medalet https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/edward-vii-coronation-commemorative-medalet-55832.html Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:11:19 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces Edward VII Coronation Commemorative Medalet  
Description: A copper medalet with an integral suspension loop commemorating the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra 1902. The obverse depicts the crowned conjoined busts of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The reverse bears a crowned shield between crossed sprays.
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Religious Medalet https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/religious-medalet-55827.html Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:23:04 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces Religious Medalet  
Description: A copper-alloy oval religious medalet with integral suspension loop. The obverse depicts a bearded and nimbussed Saint Ignatius of Loyola wearing vestments and proffering a book. The reverse bears a flaming sacred heart within an oval of radiating strokes representing light.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, (23rd Oct 1491 - 31st July 1556) born into a noble Spanish Basque family, he was a soldier, catholic priest, theologian, and founder member of the "Society of Jesus" later to be known as Jesuits, he became the society's first Superior General in 1541.  Beatified 1609, Canonised 1622, feast day 31 July, patron saint of soldiers.
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Commemorative Medal, George V Silver Jubilee (Modified) https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/commemorative-medal-george-v-silver-jubilee-modified-55736.html Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:15:19 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces Commemorative Medal, George V Silver Jubilee (Modified)  
Description: A modified white metal medal commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary. The reverse of the medal has been ground flat and crudely dot-punched with a name in two lines.
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Centenary of Wesleyan Methodist, Commemorative Medal https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/centenary-of-wesleyan-methodist-commemorative-medal-55434.html Fri, 10 Jul 2020 22:00:54 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces Centenary of Wesleyan Methodist, Commemorative Medal  
Description: A white metal medal commemorating the centenary of Wesleyan Methodism, 1839. The medal depicts John and Charles Wesley wearing vestments.
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Elizabeth I Phoenix Medal https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/elizabeth-i-phoenix-medal-55272.html Mon, 04 May 2020 15:55:39 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces Elizabeth I Phoenix Medal  
Description: An oval bi-face copper-alloy medal. The obverse depicts the bust of Elizabeth I facing left wearing pearls in her hair and a dress with a high ruff. The reverse depicts a Phoenix rising from the flames surmounted by a crowned monogram of Elizabeth. Both obverse and reverse bear flattering  Latin legends in two bands surrounded by a beaded edge. The medal is probably a reference to the Queen's attack of smallpox in 1572 and most likely a later copy of the original silver medal issued in 1574.

Obverse inscription:  Inner band, ELIZABETHA . D . G . ANG . FR . ET HIB . REGINA.
 Outer band: HEI MIHI QVOD TANTO VIRTVS PERFVSA DECORE. NON HABET ETERNOS INVIOLATA DIES.
Inscription translation: Alas! that virtue endued with so much beauty, should not uninjured enjoy perpetual life.

Reverse inscription: FELICES ARABES MVNDI QVIBVS VNICA PHŒNIX PHŒNICEM REPARAT DEPEREVNDO NOVAM. O MISEROS ANGLOS MVNDI QVIBVS VNICA PHŒNIX VLTIMA FIT NOSTRO TRISTIA FATA SOLO.
Inscription translation: Happy Arabs whose only Phœnix reproduces by its death a new Phœnix. Wretched English whose only Phœnix becomes unhappy fate, the last in our country.
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Commemorative Medalet https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/v46/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/medalets-and-presentation-pieces/commemorative-medalet-22610.html Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Medals, medalets and presentation pieces Commemorative Medalet  
Description: A pewter or lead-alloy medalet commemorating the opening of the Mowbray Extension Park Sunderland. The obverse has a crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left surrounded by the legend VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR REG FID DEF, the reverse has the following legend in eight lines; MOWBRAY EXTENSION PARK SUNDERLAND OPENED 10th JULY 1866. E.T GOURLEY MAYOR ALD:REED. CHAIRMAN COUN'R LINDSAY [----] Below the bust is the makers mark, J.Moore.F

Mowbray Park, first known as The Peoples Park was laid out in the mid 1850s and opened in 1857, Mr Lawson, gardener to Lord Londonderry and Joseph Smith who had previously worked at Chatsworth were responsible for laying out the first phase of the park. The extension took place in the 1860s and was opened July 10th 1866.
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