Original scientific paper

World War I – Medals and Plaques

Marko Šarinić orcid.org/0000-0002-7736-2582 ; Croatian numismatic society, Zagreb, CRO

Abstract

The year 2014 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the beginning of World War I. In this article the author writes about the medals and plaques in his own collection, which are connected with our region and its people. He describes medals showing Boroević, Sarkotić, Konjović, Lemeši, Haus, Francis Ferdinand and Sophia etc. There are also medals about the assassinations in Sarajevo, the conquest of Belgrade, Mount Lovčen and Montenegro, medals and plaques made in memory of the Soča Front, medals and plaques that were sold to gather help for war victims. The medals and plaques were made by the best medallists of their time: R. Valdec, I. Kerdić, R. Spegler, A. Weinberger, K. Gotz, M. Götze, G. Herrmann, O. Thiede, R. Bachmann, A Hummel, E. von Esseö and others.

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Hrčak ID:

189725

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/189725

Publication date:

28.11.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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